Thermal cameras can detect and record the heat that radiates (known as infrared radiation, IR) from objects, which is an object’s heat signature. The heat signature that emanates from an object is produced by the speed of atoms moving around in it, so the faster the atom vibration within a given object the hotter the
Major areas to look for focus in precision agriculture for 2023 include: Digital agriculture, robotics and automation, and sustainability practices. Robotics and Automation The areas to watch for robotics and automation to increase the efficiency for farm management are things like: pruning, thinning, harvesting, spraying, mowing, and weeding. Sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), and control systems
The term, fog computing, was originated by Cisco. It is used to indicate the edge of an enterprise’s network. Fog computing has also been labeled as Fogging or Edge Computing. The concept is intended to describe the computing nodes available between a host device and the cloud. Therefore, it is considered to be a decentralized
VARI was originally designed for satellite imagery. It is a vegetation index the uses only light waves from the visible light section of the spectrum (Red, Green, Blue). It puts a quantitative value on vegetative fraction estimation (VARI = (Green – Red) / (Green + Red – Blue). The index is only affected by atmospheric
An IMU sensor is a digital device that measures and records an Unmanned Aerial Vehicles’s acceleration, angular rate, and orientation in order to maneuver it. The IMU uses a conflation of accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers to achieve the measuring process. Recent developments in this area has allowed for IMU-enabled GPS (Global Positioning System) devices as
A CMOS sensor is the optical technology that is used to create images in all types of digital cameras. They can also be found in telescopes, scanners, and barcode readers. This type of technology is used in machine vision, optical character recognition (OCR), satellite image processing, and refining radar imagery. Learn More