July 18, 2008
SMS to Replace Sheep Herding?
An unusual experiment is currently being executed in Húsavík in the remote Strandir region in the West Fjords. GPS equipment with a GSM transmitter has been placed in a collar around the neck of 13 ewes, which sends daily SMS messages with their locations. The Iceland Review reports.
"The purpose with the experiment is to investigate the interaction between sheep while grazing in the mountains in summer, mainly to see whether related sheep stick together, Morgunbladid reports.
The 13 ewes belong to three family groups. Each of their collars transmits one SMS message per day with their locations every three hours (eight locations in one message). If the ewe remains motionless for three hours the collar sends a warning signal in case the animal might be ill or dead."
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