[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!
----
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.
--
Valérie Dagrain
Rire: Encore une histoire de "pi" qui ne pourra pas être breveté :°)
Plus d'informations sur la liste de diffusion forum