THE hi-tech power of the internet of things (IoT) is being used to tackle pine weevils which can destroy the pine and spruce trees that are crucial for the softwood timber market, saving the forestry sector at least £5 million annually.
The IoT system is being created by a consortium comprising Welsh pest management company Sentomol, Forest Research, the research arm of the Forestry Commission, the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich, and CENSIS, Scotland’s innovation centre for sensing, imaging systems, and IoT technologies.
