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a surgically-insertable "FitBit", originally meant for humans, was retooled & converted for livestock - dubbed the EmbedIVet, it tracks:
* core temp
* pulse
* cud-chewing
* general activity
* bloodborne O2 [O2 saturation]
* sudden movement, via an accelerometer
Subcutaneous Fitbits? These cows are modeling the tracking technology of the future
It's installed just under the skin, with a local anaesthetic - the size is described as "the round area is a bit bigger than a quarter", but if the scale of the photo, showing a Holstein sporting one along her left jaw, is even close to reality, that central disc is a little larger than a HALF-DOLLAR, not a 'quarter'.
The coin-type battery is expected to last about 3-years.
FYI, a cow's eye is about the same diameter as a 1-dollar U-S coin.
- terry
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a surgically-insertable "FitBit", originally meant for humans, was retooled & converted for livestock - dubbed the EmbedIVet, it tracks:
* core temp
* pulse
* cud-chewing
* general activity
* bloodborne O2 [O2 saturation]
* sudden movement, via an accelerometer
Subcutaneous Fitbits? These cows are modeling the tracking technology of the future
It's installed just under the skin, with a local anaesthetic - the size is described as "the round area is a bit bigger than a quarter", but if the scale of the photo, showing a Holstein sporting one along her left jaw, is even close to reality, that central disc is a little larger than a HALF-DOLLAR, not a 'quarter'.
The coin-type battery is expected to last about 3-years.
FYI, a cow's eye is about the same diameter as a 1-dollar U-S coin.
- terry
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