Cow facial recognition: It is really happening

15-12-2016 | |
The facial recognition software can memorise the face of a cow in six seconds and monitor the activity of an entire herd without wearable tracking devices. Photo: Henk Riswick
The facial recognition software can memorise the face of a cow in six seconds and monitor the activity of an entire herd without wearable tracking devices. Photo: Henk Riswick
Just like humans, cows have their own set of unique facial features and these characteristics can now be read as usable data by technology to identify that specific animal. According to Cainthus, it is the only company in the world that can facilitate visual recognition of cows and it has already made its first sale. Cainthus is a machine vision company based in Dublin, Ottawa, and San Francisco, which by using its own unique expertise can turn visual information into actionable data. Their foc


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