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Georgia conference focuses on wireless technology in farming

Speakers at the University of Georgia’s Unwired 2005 Conference predicted Tuesday that U.S. agriculture is on the verge of a technological revolution that will allow farmers to complete many of their chores from laptop computers in their homes or tractors.

"Wireless technology is not the technology of the future, it is the technology of the present," said David Bridges, assistant dean of the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. "If we don’t bring technology to rural areas, they won’t advance."

The two-day conference focused on the use of wireless technology to improve farm efficiency and how high-speed wireless connectivity can enhance the lives of rural residents, most of whom are limited to slow-speed dial-up internet connections.

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