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When IoT Meets the Cannabis Industry

Today I woke up with the help of my phone, my whole house can be controlled from my tablet, no matter where I am, navigation and purchasing food, parental control on, aircon off…

This is what we call the Internet of Things, or IoT: the ability for any physical object to retrieve and exchange data, in order to improve its efficiency.

Nowadays, there are over 6 billion IoT devices in the world and, as one may expect, some of those are related to cannabis growth and consumption.

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So how does IoT work with the cannabis industry?

We can divide cannabis-related IoT applications and devices into two main branches:

1) Those meant for the production and commercialization of cannabis and cannabis-related products.

2) Those designed for the end, consumer, and home grower.

This year, it has been predicted that 31 billion IoT devices will be installed, and by 2025, that number is projected to be more than 75 billion.

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Automatized Indoor Hydroponic Gardens.

Historically, setting up your own indoor grow room could be quite a hassle:

Mainly because there are many variables that have to be taken into consideration including space, temperature, humidity, lighting, and watering. In addition, indoor grows required considerable daily efforts.

But today, devices like Seedo, Cloudponics, and others, take advantage of IoT technologies to provide fully automated growing stations that allow you to monitor the growth of your little grow box through your smart device.

“The intersection of cannabis cultivation and IoT will have a great impact on everyday consumers, especially those who consume cannabis medicinally,”

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Seed-to-Sale Systems

Cannabis suppliers are required to be compliant if they wish to keep their businesses running in a legal fashion.

This is where seed-to-sale systems come into play.

Through seed-to-sale systems, every part of the process, from the growing, packaging, manufacturing, and eventually the selling, is tracked.

The use of IoT technology makes it possible for suppliers to keep track of their entire inventory and governments to make sure that everything is kept in check.

The seed-to-sale tracking ensures that suppliers aren’t doing any business under the table.

From fully automated commercial-sized grow operations to tiny little box home grower controlled environments IoT is almost certain to have an even greater impact on the industry in the future.

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