John McCain’s campaign has been tapped to transfer its political technology to cattle ranchers.
Dean Anderson, an animal science researcher with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is working on a system that will allow remote control of herds by singing commands and whispering – singing jingles, sharp commands, or mimicking bees or snakes – via radio and satellite tracking and computer data analysis.
Anderson and others involved in researching the concept of “virtual fencing” say it is getting close.