Dairy-tech

Now, one tech startup wants to take wearables to another market: cows. The company's "mooON" device goes around the animal's leg, and [blank] their activity levels. When cows are sick, they move less, and when they are ovulating, they move more. Stellapps combines information from the step trackers with data that farmers and vets enter into a smartphone app, which [blank] reminders for routine protocols such as vaccinations and artificial insemination. Healthier cows produce more milk, and by tracking and better managing their animals, so farmers can increase [blank] . In India, Stellapps uses an ultrasonic analyzer to measure the nutritional content of the milk. At the unit, volume sensors monitor the milk to prevent it from being watered down or stolen, says Mukundan. From there, the milk is taken to a processing plant to be pasteurized and packaged or [blank] into products like cheese or yogurt.