The original call
Original year: 2018
2026 assessment
Scorecard verdict: Hit
Hit. It expanded. Wearable and connected-sensor systems for livestock are a real and growing market, and the same year I was pairing this with drones flying over herds to check on animal health. Aerial and ground sensing, greenness imaging, and connectivity-as-a-management-practice all moved from the edge to the everyday. The label was a joke. The trend was not.