Andrea Ghiraldi had the idea of using sensors and electronic solutions to innovate farming 33 years on and Dinamica Generale is now a global leader in precision agriculture and biomedical applications offering a wide portfolio including sensors in animal feeding and agricultural applications and livestock weighing systems Vodafone Business is now working with the company to use the Internet of Things (IoT) to connect these products Dinamica Generale has achieved consistent growth over the years and is now among the key players worldwide in the field of electronic solutions and sensors for the feed & food Along with our corporate headquarters in Northern Italy we are passionate about keeping the customer at the heart of everything we do Providing innovative market-oriented solutions and sensors we wanted to accelerate the ambitions of our customers people and partners and bring an ethical approach to farming we’re able to help our agricultural customers detect analyse and make decisions on everything from animal nutrition and the use of machinery to crop yield measurement delivering greater efficiency and therefore more sustainable business practices Using Vodafone’s fast and reliable IoT connectivity we’re able to connect our assets and devices across Europe and the Americas bringing a wealth of data together in a single solution for customers in these markets farmers can track and trace products during harvest or any other stage of the process in real-time on one platform they can monitor harvesting and spreading machines analyse ingredients and optimise fertilisation to promote sustainable growth while cutting costs When it comes to the daily feeding process Based on insights from weight indicators and sensors placed in different machines such as feed mixers farmers can control things like recipe preparation and distribution of the feeding rations via an app we have made lots of evolutions in terms of connectivity and products with Vodafone’s support we’re minimising the gap of technology in farming applications and are able to offer direct support to our customers This will continue to be important as the agricultural industry faces two key challenges increasing demand for produce as the population grows and secondly the need to produce without negatively impacting the environment we have a key role to play in giving these businesses the tools and visibility they need to be able to rise to these challenges by improving efficiency and minimising waste We use cookies to improve your experience on this site. Read our policy housing more than 9,000 autobiographical documents including diaries This project stems from the idea that every life creating a living mosaic of the history of Italy told not by the big names in politics or culture helping to expand an invaluable heritage of human experience Then, at some point in its history, this heritage had to be somehow enhanced: thus, in 2013, next to the Archives, the Little Diary Museum was opened structured to offer visitors an immersive and touching experience This unique multimedia museum uses innovative technologies to bring the words written in the diaries to life Interactive installations allow visitors to virtually flip through the pages of some of the most significant accounts listening to the voices of those who wrote them and immersing themselves in their lives Every corner of the museum is designed to convey the intimacy of personal stories creating a bridge between the past and the present The idea came about following a visit to the Archives of actor Mario Perrotta who is also engaged in an intense activity of memory retrieval: the museum is inspired by his book The Land of Diaries and was designed by the Dotdotdot studio to structure the museum as a continuous narrative visitors to the museum do not find documents in alphabetical order: according to Perrotta a museum could not be structured in this way because it would also create potentially embarrassing situations (for example So here is the idea of the multimedia path that leads the visitor through the individual memories through which one comes to know the great history of Italy stand out over the others: that of a Ragusa cantoniere wrote a harsh and lively autobiography in an oral language chock-full of localisms that restores an interesting popular fresco of mid-20th-century Sicily the finest of her matrimonial trousseau: the intimate narrative of her existence began after her husband Anteo Benatti died in 1972 in a car accident “the sheets I can no longer consume with her husband and so I thought of using them for writing,” the idea of writing the whole existence of a lifetime among the countryside of lower Mantua came to her almost automatically Clelia Marchi donated her sheet to the mayor of Poggio Rusco who thought of showing it to the newly created National Diary Archive: in 1986 Today it is the symbolic work of the museum And in 1992 it also became a book(Gnanca na busìa,“Not Even a Lie”) But it is not only the museum that is the tool with which the Archives pursues its research. A few kilometers from Pieve Santo Stefano, the medieval village of Anghiari is home to another institution dedicated to self-narrative: the Free University of Autobiography (LUA). Founded in 1998 by Saverio Tutino and psychiatrist Duccio Demetrio, LUA established as a nonprofit cultural association has established itself as an important center for research and training in the field of autobiographical writing The Free University of Autobiography is not just a school but an authentic laboratory of ideas and experiences where anyone can explore and deepen the power of autobiographical narrative Courses offered range from creative writing to biography This approach has attracted students and enthusiasts from all over Italy and abroad creating a community of people united by a desire to tell and better understand their lives through writing LUA’s educational offerings invite personal and collective reflection opening new perspectives on how individual stories can contribute to a deeper understanding of our society workshops and events held in Anghiari are an opportunity for anyone who wants to explore the self through writing Pieve Santo Stefano and Anghiari thus share a common mission: to preserve and enhance the memory of ordinary people nestled in the beauty of the Tuscan countryside offer visitors a unique experience of reflection To visit the National Diary Archive in Pieve Santo Stefano and the Small Diary Museum is to immerse oneself in a sea of lives where each page tells a fragment of personal history It is an experience that touches and is capable of making one reflect on how the daily events of men and women can contribute to building the grand narrative of collective history one can discover the transformative power of autobiographical writing a medium through which one can give voice to one’s thoughts can become a bridge between the past and the present but also an opportunity to connect with the deep roots of our humanity.