Self-Milking Cows

So … I had this big long post planned for today? And then Perry posted about science fiction yesterday and Steve Hall had such an awesome comment on it and then I read this article and now?

Now I just want to point out that WE ARE LIVING IN A SCIENCE-FICTION STORY.

For many reasons, but one of the most startling ones for me was finding out that there are machines which feed and milk cows.

Cow walks up. Machine feeds cow. Machine laser-scans the cow’s belly and udder. Machine cleans cow. Machine milks cow. Cow is done feeding and walks off, allowing the next cow in line to get milked.

And this is in no way a theoretical model. This is happening TODAY. On real farms. For profit.

Read the NYTimes Article here.

This completely blew my mind.

Spaceships landing on the moon? Unfazed. Give me a story about self-milking cows and I’m all a-twitter about the possibilities of mankind.

This probably says more about me than about mankind, but I still thought it was wicked cool.

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