Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50659#.VEh8Z1fHRK0 Author(s) Daniel K. Fisher Affiliation(s) USDA Agricultural Research Service, Crop Production Systems Research Unit, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA . ABSTRACT Advances in electronic sensing and monitoring systems and the growth of the communications infrastructure have enabled users to gain immediate access to information and interaction with physical devices. To facilitate the uploading, viewing, and sharing of data via the internet, while avoiding the complexities and expense of creating personal web servers, a number of service providers have created websites offering free data hosting and viewing capabilities. Simple setup and configuration routines and available application programming interfaces allow users to quickly and easily interface sensing and monitoring devices to the internet. To demonstrate t...
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