Can connecting beehives to the cloud save pollinators?

Get the Full StorySpecies like honeybees are dwindling, fast. Oracle wants to understand why, and how to help them, by tracking beehive conditions via its cloud technology.

Behind an office building at Oracle’s U.K. headquarters in Reading, two beehives are connected to the company’s cloud. One sensor on each hive captures the sound of buzzing; one captures humidity. Another measures the weight of the honey. In total, five or six sensors per hive send data to the cloud, where it’s analyzed along with other local data like the weather and pollution levels.Read Full Story

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