[Facil] Interlude

Valerie Dagrain vdagrain at free.fr
Lun 24 Oct 11:33:42 EDT 2005


Allé hop, un petit article drôle pour se détendre, sur une ferme de 
luxe. Selon Slashdot c'est sous Linux!

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Via The Times :

Farmers have teamed up with scientists to create a farm where the cows 
choose when they want to be milked using automated booths. The parlour, 
developed in Holland, is already in use in more than 30 British farms. 
The farmer can even go on holiday and allow the animals to look after 
themselves.

"The cows set their own agenda," said Neil Rowe, manager of Manor Farm 
in Oxfordshire. "It’s about autonomy, it’s about enrichment, it’s about 
stepping back and allowing the cows and the system to develop a 
relationship."

Cattle wander from field to parlour when they want to be milked. They 
find their way into automated milking stalls, where a computer scans a 
microchip implanted in the animal’s collar which holds information on 
its milking history and health.

Robotic milking machines then locate the cow’s udder guided by lasers 
and ultrasound. The equipment prepares the cow by washing, sterilising 
and massaging its teats before collecting the milk — which is instantly 
cooled and stored.

The animals are lured into the parlour with inducements including a
hair-brushing and scratching device which they can turn on themselves 
using a "nudge trigger" and a fan to blow away flies.

Other perks include an hourly mechanised "mucking out" system and even 
piped music. If a cow develops a problem while being milked, the system 
alerts the farmer on his mobile phone.

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Valérie Dagrain

Rire: Encore une histoire de "pi" qui ne pourra pas être breveté :°)




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