Tracking Animals with SMS
Summary
This is far from the case; in fact, GPS technology is being combined with text messaging to track both wildlife and livestock, a useful tool to keep an eye on both the farm animals we depend on and the increasing number of endangered or threatened species. SMS is also being used for more specific projects, such as in efforts to combat elephant poaching in Kenya. The fences can detect any interference, be it from an animal or a person, and trigger a loud alarm at any disruption as well as an SMS to the security switchboard showing the location of the breach. In the face of a wolf attack, the heart monitors detected a significant enough elevation in heart rate to trigger, using technology that has been conceived but not yet completed, the release of a repellant from the sheeps collars as well as a text message to the shepherd to alert them immediately of the situation. With the aid of text messaging and its wide range of applications to new technologies, SMS and related developments hold great promise for this important prerogative.