#AI-based bee-health app

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Mixtile Edge 2 Kit– AI based bee detection and tracking

Here I describe usage of Mixtile Edge 2 Kit in agriculture, bee detection, which can be essential for health and survival of bees.

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Mixtile is professional IoT hardware solution provider specialized in Linux and Android-based embedded systems.Mixtile Edge 2 Kit is high-performance ARM single board computer. It comes in variants of 2GB of LPDDR4 DRAM and 16GB eMMC Flash storage, or 4GB of LPDDR4 DRAM and 32GB eMMC Flash storage. This single board computer comes with preinstalled Android 11, and it runs Ubuntu Linux operating system in Android container. It comes with large connectivity options (Bluetooth, 4G/5G Cellular, GPS, and Lora, Zigbee and Z-Wave). For those, you will need module, but it comes with default onboard Wi-Fi connectivity, Gigabit Ethernet Port (RJ45) and Serial Port (RS-485). Because it comes with RS-485 port, which is industrial standard, and it comes within a strong metal case, it seems to me that it can be really used in industrial projects. I used official Raspberry Pi 5 power supply in order to power up my Mixtile Edge 2 Kit.So, an idea came to me why not to use it in agriculture, bee detection, which can be essential for health and survival of bees.This project will cover setting up Mixtile Edge 2 Kit, and custom photo dataset form video in order to train custom YOLOv5 bee detection model. YOLOv5 models must be trained on labelled data in order to learn classes of objects in that data.I gathered data from video and trained model on my PC.To train a model, I used python and typed in command line:

python train.py --img 640 --batch 16 --epochs 3 --data coco128.yaml --weights best.pt

My training results are summarized in the following table:

Training results

From this table you can see that images are divided into 4 detection classes:

Bee

Drone

Pollenbee

Queen

Example for each class is summarized in a table below:

Bee classes

1. Getting started

First, I will write about software part of the project, and later on steps of starting the recognition.

1.1 What is YOLOv5?

If you have been in the field of machine learning and deep learning for some time now, there is a high chance that you have already heard about YOLO. YOLO is short for You Only Look Once. It is a family of single-stage deep learning-based object detectors. It was written using Python language, and the framework used is PyTorch.

To ease control, I connected usb mouse to the one of three Mixtile Edge 2 Kit USB3 port. I used Ubuntu Linux for this project. Ubuntu on container is installed in Android system of Mixtile Edge 2 Kit by default. When you boot Mixtile Edge 2 Kit, you get Android OS. Since I wanted to access Edge 2 Kit remotely, and get easier control, I installed droidVNC server from this link:

It is an Android VNC server using Android 5+ APIs. It does not require root access.

I started the VNC server, connected with VNC Viewer and I got the following Android 11 screen:

Android 11

After that, I installed SimpleSSHD from this link:

SimpleSSHD is a SSH server Android app, based on Dropbear.It allows user access (user ssh) or full root access (by setting the login shell to /system/xbin/su) (if root is allowed).

After I installed SSH server, I connected to it via putty SSH terminal. Username and Password are root/root.

Com.hubware.ubuntu is ubuntu on a container and we are connected to it immidiately.

Now we are going to install required software.

First, you will need to upgrade Ubuntu by typing in the command: apt-get upgrade.

Second, I installed python by typing: apt-get install python.

You will also need pip, the package installer for Python.

2. Installing the YOLOv5 Environment

To start off we first clone the YOLOv5 repository and install dependencies. This will set up our programming environment to be ready to running object detection training and inference commands.

Install git: apt-get install git

Clone YOLOv5 repository:

git clone https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5

Move to YOLOv5 folder:

cd yolov5

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Wait some time to download and install all requirement packages, I waited 25 minutes, because there are a lot of python packages to install besides YOLOv5. YOLOv5 needs numpy package, scipy, OpenCV, etc.

The putty connection and installation process looks like below:

I transferred my model best.pt to the yolov5 installation folder via SCP, with MobaXterm.

You can simply download my model immidiate by typing:

wget https://github.com/sdizdarevic/beedetectionyolov5/raw/main/best.pt

Also, download original video by typing:

wget https://sdizdarevic.typepad.com/cr/bees-orig.mp4

Now, the final step is detection, and we are interested in the “result” content video.

python3 detect.py --weights best.pt --source bees-orig.mp4

The process of detection looks like below:

In the last lines from last picture we can see the detected number of bees at any point in time.

The summarized short steps to follow are below:

git clone https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5

cd yolov5

pip install -r requirements.txt

wget https://github.com/sdizdarevic/beedetectionyolov5/raw/main/best.pt

wget https://sdizdarevic.typepad.com/cr/bees-orig.mp4

python3 detect.py --weights best.pt --source

Demonstrated videos are on urls with detection finished completely on Mixtile Edge 2 Kit. Output video is in folder runs/detect/exp2.

Original video:

Result video:

Last, but not less important: If you want to safely turn off your Mixtile Edge 2 Kit, I recommend you to install Shutdown (no Root) application: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samiadom.Shutdown&hl=en.

3.Conclusion:

After testing I found out that the Mixtile Edge 2 Kit is designed with wide range of applications, from industrial applications, IOT devices, smart home automation, to more than capable AI and edge detection. It is low powered device, with a lot of built-in connectivity options.

I would like to thank amazing Mixtile people for creating this amazing peace of hardware and especially for sending me the Mixtile Edge 2 Kit. Also, Mixtile nurtures the open source values and software, and I believe more people and companies will be involved in making projects with this board.

All in all, I recommend this board for implementing types of projects I described here.

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The varroa heatmap is a powerful way to understand the status on a global scale but also to visualize what’s going on right now in the beekeeper’s own area”, says Björn Lagerman, founder and CEO of Swedish bee-health company BeeScanning.

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Are ants and other insects bothering your beehive? Learn how to keep them all away

For successful hive monitoring, you must have devices to measure, track parameters that are of the hive. The information of the data is passed on through cloud-based services and IoT monitoring device. Gobuzzr has created a spectacular project -  the smart beehive monitoring system that combines AI and Internet-of-Things making the system compact, user friendly, and can be a valuable source for any apiarist in the beekeeping practice.

You can now use the beehive monitoring app to track the productivity of the bees, the weight of the hive, the location of the hive, and the health of the bees. The app allows the user to obtain all necessary data with a single touch and plan his work.

You now know that hive monitoring is possible through the app, now keeping ants and other insects away from the hive is also simple. Anything that connects the ground and the hive can become a pathway for the walking insects and ants to reach the hive; one method of preventing them is to use vegetable oil in and around the hive stand's leg. Click on this blog to learn more about various techniques and ideas for preventing them from affecting the beehive.

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More than 40 great startups from T3 Entrepreneurship Center

On February 2nd, we were at T3 Entrepreneurship Center pitch day, which was held in Zemin İstanbul. They organized a great pitch day for bright entrepreneurs in various verticals.

There were more than 40 startups, who passed the screening among hundreds of startups, attended the event for their 5 min pitches and 5 min Q&A, each. Selected startups will be supported by T3 in 2019, with benefits such as 100.000 TL investment, office space, mentorship and more.

Here are those great startups who attended T3 Entrepreneurship Center pitch day;

Enlil: They produce vertical-axis wind turbines for city usage and provide advertising opportunities.

Enwair Battery: With their high-tech silicium anode and Li-rich cathode batteries, they provide 20% more capacity than traditional batteries.

Bren: Produces energy from waste heat and vibration for IoT devices and wireless sensors. Theoretically provides life-long energy for devices and needs no replacement and maintanence costs.

Niceveri: Monitoring and reporting system for forklift fleets in warehouses and factories.

Parxlab: Parking spot management and navigation system for smart cities.

inMapper: Interactive navigation systems for indoor spaces, which can integrate into existing kiosk or apps.

Mobiki: Visitor tracing system for indoors.

Intelligent Things: IoT reporting system for measuring metal fatigue on buildings.

Bagaj: Smart lockboxes for travellers and many various things.

Medron: IoT system for monitoring workplace security, health and productivity.

ForFarming: IoT based agro-tech solution for indoors such as offices or homes.

Hubbox: Solution for machinery producers to control their devices remotely.

Smart Helmet: Improved work health and security solution for construction companies via smart, remote monitored helmets.

HTG: Smart agriculture solution self-sustaining farms.

Narval: Smart, autonomous submarine for data gathering.

Progin: Smart, autonomous drive systems that even work on harshest conditions.

Up Robotik: Quiet and secure micro-drones that fly by flapping its wings.

Barbaros: Air-drone supported marine drone that is used for counter-terrorism.

Dronom: Autonomous integration, ground-locking and sensitive landing systems for air and land drones.

iwrobots: Robots for preventing sea pollution and measuring solid and liquid waste on surface.

Leo Engineering: Developing software, hardware and algorithms for autonomous driving systems and advanced driving support.

Trexo Innovation: 3 axis visual stabilization systems.

Wollox: Turns standart screens and projectors into interactive screens.

VSyringe: Virtual reality injection training application and hardware.

Okul101: White-label social platform solution for schools, parents and students.

ESPCopter: Internet-connected, small and multiplatform drone development kits.

Filamex: Recycled filament production machine focusing on using filament waste of 3D printers.

Otokton: DIY 3D printer kit and online platform for students and hobbyists.

Robibot: Programming teaching robot for 3-7 year old kids, without the need of a PC or smartphone.

Micro-S Biotech: Solution to prevent bee deaths by using probiotics extrached from honey bees.

Neurobil: Solution for analyzing and reporting data captured directly from brain by using EEG devices.

ELAA Technology: 3D lung navigation system.

XR.AI: AI based diagnostic support system for radiologists.

Nabutech: IoT baset smart patient bed system.

ImageRAD: Cloud based, AI supported medical image sharing and archiving systems.

ISINA: Digital EKG with AI support.

BraceHealth: Wearable device and smartphone app for Parkinson disease treatment process.

Uniqool: 3D scanning and printing device for personalized eyewear.

Visiosoft: Precise location generationg application with AI and image processing technology.

ForceCR: Multispectral traffic camera for autonomous violation detection.

T-Quad: AI platform to improve digital, natural Turkish language recognition.

Pointr: Navigation, positioning and analyzing tool for indoors.

Stroma: Algorithms to prevent human error in traffic accidents.

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Nothing Fuzzy About Their Marketing: An Interview with Agustina Sacerdote of Fuzzy Pet Health

  Agustina Sacerdote, Head of Marketing and Growth, Fuzzy Pet Health, speaks to MarTech Advisor about changing the way the pet services industry presents itself online, their revolutionary mobile app and the best martech stack to target for companies in a similar field.

Fuzzy Pet Health is a part of America’s $70 billion and growing pet services industry. What are some of the biggest challenges for marketers in this industry? What tips would you give other CMOs to overcome these challenges? Whether you’re in the business of selling pet food, accessories or ­veterinary care, creating a differentiating and memorable experience is always the biggest challenge. It’s hard to do well, but it also represents a tremendous opportunity because the pet industry has not historically been known for customer experience (CX) innovation or memorable brands. The frequently marketed benefits, up until recently, were price and quality, which are not sustainably differentiating.

If you look at what breakthrough pet brands are doing today (e.g., Barkbox, Chewy, etc.), it really comes down to putting the customer at the center of everything they do. The pet parent market is also very diverse in terms of consumer profiles – we try to really understand the nuances in attitudes and behaviors of pet parents across ages, gender, pet type, where they live, etc. With so many touchpoints – both within and outside the control of the brand owners – what are the basic principles and tools to deliver a seamless and consistent brand experience to the customer?

**Having a clearly articulated value proposition and brand tone that comes across all channels is important.** It comes down to employee engagement. I spend a disproportionate amount of my time making sure all employees, not just customer-facing teams, understand the role that they each play in delivering our brand promise. They need to be excited by this responsibility! Veterinarians need to be friendly and on-time to appointments, engineers need to build an app that doesn’t crash, our Member Experience team needs to make sure members get their meds on time… Otherwise, we’ll hear about it. It’ll be on social media, Yelp, we’ll see fewer referrals, etc. I make these reviews and commentary public for the whole company, the good and the bad.

Great CX is the foundation of building customer loyalty and brand loyalty. What techniques and tools can marketers follow to ensure a wonderful CX for every customer, every interaction?

**The experience is the brand.** At Fuzzy, our brand is what we do, not just what we say. That mentality has enabled us to break through relatively quickly in the vet industry. We also make sure that we create a brand experience that is very contextual – how we show up at a dog park when you’re first finding out about Fuzzy is very different from what you’ll see on our site when you’re in “research mode.” All expressions of our brand are authentic, but they’re contextual. If you’re searching on Google “my dog has diarrhea, what do I do?”, we’re going to pop up with a straight-up answer to that question, not content about our service.

Mobile apps marketing and interactive tools are inevitable in a “mobile-first,” digital environment. How has Fuzzy adapted to this new environment? What are the key points other marketers need to bear in mind while developing their own app? People are increasingly using their phone to manage all aspects of their life. We believe that veterinary care should be no different. We launched Fuzzy Connect late June this year. Fuzzy Connect is an app that enables users to chat with a vet live any time. It had always been a key aspect of our in-home vet care memberships, but when we saw how frequently people used it, we decided to make it available for everyone.

I think it is easy to get carried away when planning a mobile app. Our product roadmap changed a lot before the public release of Connect. Should we do live video? Should we have electronic medical records? **It’s important to focus on one “killer feature” at a time, one that truly lines up with a specific pain point that needs to be solved.**

Social media is an indispensable part of marketing today. How does social media figure in Fuzzy’s marketing strategies? On what platforms are your customers connecting with you the most?

Like most brands, we use Facebook and Instagram as part of our paid acquisition strategy and keep a close eye on CPL’s and such, but it’s really the community aspect that makes it critical for us to be on social.

Pet parents LOVE social media. Instagram is huge (who doesn’t love pictures of puppies and kittens?). One of our most successful initiatives on Instagram are our “#newmemberalerts,” in which we feature a picture taken by our vets during the checkup, and we welcome the pet into our Fuzzy Fam. I don’t necessarily attach an expected ROI on organic social – for us it’s a fun way to build community.  

What does Fuzzy’s MarTech stack look like? What are your foundational platforms/tools and what are the stack components built on top of that?

We have an awesome engineering team that’s made it very easy to capture data on our own database – it’s critical that all functions have one “source of truth.” All our software connects to our own backend.

**We primarily use Autopilot as our marketing automation tool – I find it to be very flexible and easy to use for relatively complex marketing automation flows and list management.** I also love its journey-based workflows. Autopilot handles email, direct mail, texts, lead scoring, etc. and syncs with our subscription management module. We use BEE to build our HTML emails, and we send them through Autopilot or Sendgrid.

Based on your own experiences, how should a CMO approach marketing technology selection and investments at a time when many marketers find themselves stuck with ‘frankenstacks’?

Every day, there are so many new tech products popping up (influencer marketing platforms, AI-powered site optimization, etc.). I think it’s easy to be attracted to the new shiny object – I’ve been guilty of that myself, and I demo 1 to 2 tools per week. What I try to do every day is really crystallize the experience that our brand needs to create and the business goals we need to meet, and then figure out if the tech can help with either. Maybe that’s why we only have a few of them!

Does Fuzzy have a Customer Data Platform (CDP) to build unified customer views? If yes, please tell us more about the outcomes so far. If not, what customer data management technology are you using to build personalized brand experiences at scale?

We are a very young company, so I’m still in the process of figuring out what works – we’re not necessarily ready to make big investments in CDP’s (in terms of both time and money). Right now, we rely heavily on our own database to piece everything together – from top-of-funnel activity all the way down to conversion attribution. This means we’re OCD about cookies and UTM’s.

We also have a dedicated Member Experience team that I work with closely. They’re the ones sending cards when a pet passes away, flowers when a member gets a promotion, etc. I work with our product team to make sure that we surface customer data to them regularly, but it’s really the human touch and relationship that our members appreciate the most.

Fuzzy has a very active and interesting blog. What role does blogging play in the company’s marketing umbrella? Has it helped in higher customer engagement and/or better Conversion Ratio Optimization (CRO)?

Thank you! I’m lucky to work with a talented team of expert writers – our own veterinarians! Our blog plays an important role in many aspects of our business, not just our marketing. Our healthcare team routinely sends out links to blog articles to our members. Content is part of our member onboarding, in-home visit recaps, and telemedicine consults.

From a content strategy perspective, I noticed a big gap in the world of online pet health content – you either got the very academic and generalized veterinary content on one side of the spectrum, or the entertainment-focused, Buzzfeed-type on the other (“What kind of dog breed are you?” – I love those quizzes!). I wanted to create a repository of content that was backed by the credibility of veterinarians, but also written in a way that was pet parent-friendly, actionable and built our brand. Not surprisingly, it’s helped drive our organic traffic significantly. **We re-purpose and segment our content as much as possible across our other channels (email, social, etc.).** The decision to get vet care is either very short-term (“I need help now!”) or very long-term (“Fuzzy sounds cool, but I’m pretty happy with my current vet.”), so having relevant content helps us to stay top-of-mind and nurture our leads effectively. What are the emerging marketing trends in the pet services industry that you are excited about?

**Mobile (particularly, our Fuzzy Connect app) is completely changing the way we engage with members, and I believe it has the potential to change the way people relate to veterinary care more broadly.** On average, people take their pets to the vet 1.6 times a year. We see most of our members interacting with us on Connect roughly once a month. This frequency of engagement is unheard of in our industry. We’re able to send relevant push notifications (“It’ll be very hot today in the South Bay, make sure to keep your pet extra hydrated!”), make it very easy for people to get medications for their pet, send content, schedule checkups, etc. Engagement leads not only to more opportunities to deliver value to our members (and therefore increase loyalty, referrals, ARPU, etc.) but it leads to better health outcomes, which is the reason we exist in the first place.  

MTA: Thank you for those fantastic insights, Agustina. We hope to talk with you again, soon!

About Fuzzy Pet Health

Fuzzy Pet Health was founded in 2016 with the mission of making pet care accessible, affordable, and delightful for every pet parent. Through in-home vet checkups, the ability to connect members with vets at any time through custom technology, and directly mailed medications, supplements, and food, Fuzzy is redefining pet care. Fuzzy Pet Health is headquartered in San Francisco. For more information, visit www.yourfuzzy.com.

  This article was first appeared on MarTech Advisor

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Many factors are contributing to the endlessly increasing volumes of data that organizations must now deal with, including cloud-based infrastructure and virtualization. This data contains a wealth of information that enterprises can use to transform their businesses, but first, a place for it must be found. Software-defined storage (SDS) has been gaining ground because it is highly flexible as well as affordable. Many factors are contributing to the endlessly increasing volumes of data that organizations must now deal with, including cloud-based infrastructure and virtualization. This data contains a wealth of information that enterprises can use to transform their businesses, but first, a place for it must be found. Software-defined storage (SDS) has been gaining ground because it is highly flexible as well as affordable.

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Coca-Cola's Google powered digital signage system lays the groundwork for a more valuable connection between Coke and its customers. Digital signs pair software with high-resolution displays so that a message can be changed instantly based on what the operator wants to communicate or sell. In their Day 3 Keynote at 21st Cloud Expo, Greg Chambers, Global Group Director, Digital Innovation, Coca-Cola, and Vidya Nagarajan, a Senior Product Manager at Google, discussed how from store operations and optimization to employee training and insights, all ultimately create the best customer experience b... Coca-Cola's Google powered digital signage system lays the groundwork for a more valuable connection between Coke and its customers. Digital signs pair software with high-resolution displays so that a message can be changed instantly based on what the operator wants to communicate or sell. In their Day 3 Keynote at 21st Cloud Expo, Greg Chambers, Global Group Director, Digital Innovation, Coca-Cola, and Vidya Nagarajan, a Senior Product Manager at Google, discussed how from store operations and optimization to employee training and insights, all ultimately create the best customer experience b...

Leading companies, from the Global Fortune 500 to the smallest companies, are adopting hybrid cloud as the path to business advantage. Hybrid cloud depends on cloud services and on-premises infrastructure working in unison. Successful implementations require new levels of data mobility, enabled by an automated and seamless flow across on-premises and cloud resources. In his general session at 21st Cloud Expo, Greg Tevis, an IBM Storage Software Technical Strategist and Customer Solution Architect, will explore how storage and software-defined solutions from IBM have evolved for the road ahead.... Leading companies, from the Global Fortune 500 to the smallest companies, are adopting hybrid cloud as the path to business advantage. Hybrid cloud depends on cloud services and on-premises infrastructure working in unison. Successful implementations require new levels of data mobility, enabled by an automated and seamless flow across on-premises and cloud resources. In his general session at 21st Cloud Expo, Greg Tevis, an IBM Storage Software Technical Strategist and Customer Solution Architect, will explore how storage and software-defined solutions from IBM have evolved for the road ahead....

Synametrics to Exhibit at CloudEXPO New York Headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ, Synametrics Technologies has provided IT professionals and computer systems developers since 1997. Based on the success of their initial product offerings (WinSQL and DeltaCopy), the company continues to create and hone innovative products that help its customers get more from their computer applications, databases and infrastructure. To date, over one million users around the world have chosen Synametrics solutions to help power their accelerated business or personal computing needs. Headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ, Synametrics Technologies has provided IT professionals and computer systems developers since 1997. Based on the success of their initial product offerings (WinSQL and DeltaCopy), the company continues to create and hone innovative products that help its customers get more from their computer applications, databases and infrastructure. To date, over one million users around the world have chosen Synametrics solutions to help power their accelerated business or personal computing needs.

Containers, microservices and DevOps are all the rage lately. You can read about how great they are and how they'll change your life and the industry everywhere. So naturally when we started a new company and were deciding how to architect our app, we went with microservices, containers and DevOps. About now you're expecting a story of how everything went so smoothly, we're now pushing out code ten times a day, but the reality is quite different. Containers, microservices and DevOps are all the rage lately. You can read about how great they are and how they'll change your life and the industry everywhere. So naturally when we started a new company and were deciding how to architect our app, we went with microservices, containers and DevOps. About now you're expecting a story of how everything went so smoothly, we're now pushing out code ten times a day, but the reality is quite different.

Welcome to the Era of Open Analytics Cloud applications are seeing a deluge of requests to support the exploding advanced analytics market. -Open analytics" is the emerging strategy to deliver that data through an open data access layer, in the cloud, to be directly consumed by external analytics tools and popular programming languages. An increasing number of data engineers and data scientists use a variety of platforms and advanced analytics languages such as SAS, R, Python and Java, as well as frameworks such as Hadoop and Spark. Cloud APIs are commonly designed to support application integration representing a disconnect with... Cloud applications are seeing a deluge of requests to support the exploding advanced analytics market. -Open analytics" is the emerging strategy to deliver that data through an open data access layer, in the cloud, to be directly consumed by external analytics tools and popular programming languages. An increasing number of data engineers and data scientists use a variety of platforms and advanced analytics languages such as SAS, R, Python and Java, as well as frameworks such as Hadoop and Spark. Cloud APIs are commonly designed to support application integration representing a disconnect with...

In his session at Cloud Expo, Alan Winters, U.S. Head of Business Development at MobiDev, presented a success story of an entrepreneur who has both suffered through and benefited from offshore development across multiple businesses: The smart choice, or how to select the right offshore development partner Warning signs, or how to minimize chances of making the wrong choice Collaboration, or how to establish the most effective work processes Budget control, or how to maximize project results within possible constraints In his session at Cloud Expo, Alan Winters, U.S. Head of Business Development at MobiDev, presented a success story of an entrepreneur who has both suffered through and benefited from offshore development across multiple businesses: The smart choice, or how to select the right offshore development partner Warning signs, or how to minimize chances of making the wrong choice Collaboration, or how to establish the most effective work processes Budget control, or how to maximize project results within possible constraints

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