AI and ML in Smart Farming

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IoT For All
October 03, 2024

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Hello readers,

Welcome to the IoT For All weekly newsletter! AI-powered smart farming applications may help scale food production to meet growing global demand, open modular server architectures provide the perfect fit for low-to-mid-volume server deployments, and what is the difference between IoT SIM cards and phone SIM cards? Let’s find out!

📖 Top Articles

There are currently more than 8.1 billion people in the world. It is estimated that by 2050, there will be 9.7 billion. According to the United Nations, feeding that population will require a 70% rise in agricultural production. Simply scaling recent production techniques to meet future demands is not an option as the agricultural industry is the fifth largest consumer of energy and a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. So, let’s take a look at how smart farming with AI and ML might be able to help.

There are plenty of off-the-shelf server solutions for small IoT deployments. Meanwhile, large companies can afford custom designs. But there hasn’t been a solution that’s just right for low-to-mid-volume server deployments—the type most often found in industrial edge IoT. Enter open modular server architectures.

Unlike smartphone SIMs, IoT SIM cards are specifically designed for smart devices by allowing devices to communicate with each other, ensuring global coverage, updating features over the air, and more. This makes it easier for businesses to automate processes, increasing efficiency and accelerating scalability while maintaining security.

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🎙️ The IoT For All Podcast

This week’s episode featured Chris Baird, CEO of OptConnect, who discussed what it takes to provide a global IoT connectivity solution. The conversation also covered the value of managed services in simplifying deployments, acquisitions and consolidation in IoT, the challenges of global expansion, connectivity in different regions, supply chain, satellite connectivity, 4G and 5G, and innovation in IoT.

🗓️ Events & Webinars

Com4 | Virtual

October 29, 2024

📘 eBooks & White Papers

KORE | eBook

During this decade of IoT, between 2020 and 2030, technology and trends are shifting rapidly and giving rise to a new era of technology, computing, and digital applications. In this decade, 2G and 3G will become fully obsolete and replaced by 4G LTE, 5G, low power wide area (LPWA) networks, and short-range technologies. New ways of compute and storage will proliferate and data will become massive and critical across thousands of use cases. In this eBook, we take a look at the current IoT technology and trends in 2024 and how it specifically impacts the Internet of Things.