John Deere’s $305 million purchase of Blue River Technology, “a startup that makes robots capable of identifying unwanted plants, and shooting them with deadly, high-precision squirts of herbicide,” is yet another indication of the “growing appetite for high tech in agriculture,” says Wired. Blue River’s computer-vision technology will complement Deere’s GPS-guided farm equipment, helping it “view… » Read More
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