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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan
You think a computer is going to be able to make a PI call automatically? I'm not seeing that any time soon.
You might be able to automate forward progress/breaking the goal line and things like that.
Or do you want every pass play to be reviewed by humans?
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Dude. You're off base. I've posted all this before.
Remote sensing is ****ing cake, man. I have a decade old combine and it can count how many seeds per minute are being lost out the sieves or cleaning shoe, it constantly measures how many RPM each chain and belt shiv is turning (there are shitload), it measures how many pounds per second of grain is flowing into the grain tank - calculate variables of speed, GPS position, Overlap, header width, commodity weight - to produce a real time yield/acre at any given point in the field along with moisture samples every 15 seconds, it constantly measures the pressure at each injector, turbocharger pressures and blade positions, measures the density of the material in the return elevator, along with a whole mess of shit that I don't know what means.
I can remotely tell where my pivots are, the pressure at both ends, as well as the technology to speed up and slow down an electric motor (via frequency drive - I'm not smart enough to do the engineering enough to explain that one) to match pressures on the fly.
In the cab, I can know if my planter is dropping singluated seeds or doubles to give me real time population and singulation information. The rate monitor calculates shaft speed, compares it to GPS or radar speed, as well as plate size, to automatically increase or decrease planter drive speed to achieve required population. It can measure row unit downpressure and automatically adjust pneumatic pressures to achieve a predetermined downpressure as soil conditions change through the field.
My air drill has blockage monitors on every row to give me real time indicatiors from every row.
I have a closed system chemical meter that automatically meters chemical to .01% accuracy despite widely varying liquid densities.
Neighbors of mine have soil probes that remotely tell them in real time the saturation of water in the soil. Without moving from their desk
And I'm a shit poor dirt farmer.
The technology is there. It's reliable. It's cheap. It's tiny. It's all integratable.
If I can; 1. afford it, 2. use it effectively, there is no reason the bottomless pockets of the NFL can't.