since there wasn t a word in the dictionary to describe what it is, we have come up with one. we call it a crover . how does it work and what does it do exactly? it swims through grain in storage, like in silos and sheds, monitoring the conditions of the grain like temperature and moisture and helping maintain quality. how does this vary from conventional methods of looking after your grain? well, traditionally, you would need a farmer to physically walk on top of the grain bulk with a heavy spear and taking samples at a few points, which is dangerous and in some situations not possible to do. ok, that sounds like a biggerjob. so do you think farmers are going to use this? right now, we re focused mostly on centralised grain storage hubs, which are usually owned by grain merchants and port operators, but we d like to develop in the future a version that is suitable for farmers as well. 0k, and i m hoping when it s used in the real world, it doesn t mix up the grains like that. i can h
is the world s first subterranean drone and we re using it specifically to help the grain storage operators maintain the quality of their stock. you called it a drone but it doesn t look much like drone. that s right. since there wasn t a word in the dictionary to describe what it is we have come up with one. we call it a crover. how does it work and what does it do exactly? it swims through grain in storage, like in silos and sheds, monitoring the conditions of the grain like temperature and moisture and helping maintain quality. how does this vary from conventional methods of looking after your grain? well, traditionally you would need a farmer to physically walk on top of the grain bulk with a heavy spear and taking samples at a few points which is dangerous and in some situations not possible to do. ok, that sounds like a biggerjob. so do you think farmers are going to use this? right now, we re focused mostly on centralised grain storage hubs which are usually owned by grain merch
situations not possible to do. ok, that sounds like a biggerjob. so do you think farmers are going to use this? right now, we re focused mostly on centralised grain storage hubs which are usually owned by grain merchants and port operators but we d like to develop in future a version that is suitable for farmers as well. 0k, and i m hoping when it s used in the real world, it doesn t mix up the grains like that. i can hardly look! thank you so much, dr lorenzo. thank you, lara. hey, chris here with the week in tech. this was the week with giant yahoo pulled out of china, blaming an increasingly challenging business and legal environment there. meanwhile, epic games has announced that the chinese version of fortnite will also close. facebook said it would stop facial recognition on the social network and will delete1 billion people s face print data. the system was used to tag people in photos but privacy campaigners had criticised it. facebook said the tech needed to be debated in the
using it specifically to help the grain storage operators maintain the quality of their stock. you called it a drone but it doesn t look much like drone. that s right. since there wasn t a word in the dictionary to describe what it is we have come up with one. we call it a crover. how does it work and what does it do exactly? it swims through grain in storage, like in silos and sheds, monitoring the conditions of the grain like temperature and moisture and helping maintain quality. how does this vary from conventional methods of looking after your grain? well, traditionally you would need a farmer to physically walk on top of the grain bulk with a heavy spear and taking samples at a few points which is dangerous and in some situations not possible to do. ok, that sounds like a biggerjob. so do you think farmers are going to use this? right now, we re focused mostly on centralised grain storage hubs which are usually owned by grain merchants and port operators but we d like to develop i
need a farmer to physically walk on top of the grain bulk with a heavy spear and taking samples at a few points which is dangerous and in some situations not possible to do. ok, that sounds like a biggerjob. so do you think farmers are going to use this? right now, we re focused mostly on centralised grain storage hubs which are usually owned by grain merchants and port operators but we d like to develop in future a version that is suitable for farmers as well. 0k, and i m hoping when it s used in the real world, it doesn t mix up the grains like that. i can hardly look! thank you so much, dr lorenzo. thank you, lara. that is it for click this week. thank you so much for watching. we ll see you next week, and cheers!