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The system will work with smart sensors, Internet of Things and the blockchain of Aeternity.The project will start in the month of October and is expected to be completed by 2020.The process of cultivation and sale of marijuana of the company in Uruguay Can be registered on the platform on the blockchain of Aeternity. This is confirmed by the startup, in a press release, announcing the development of a solution to manage the supply chain of this company in uruguay.The past September 24, the media of Montevideo reported that the two companies agreed to an alliance, activity that coincided with the arrival of the team of Aeternity to Uruguay this month. The goal is to create a business solution that can connect to producers, processors, and distributors of medical marijuana. All this at the helm of Uruguay Can, a company specializing in the sale of medicinal cannabis and recreational to national level.The government of Uruguay legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, and recreational in the year 2013. Image of Elroi/stock.adobe.comSegún Pablo Coirolo, CEO of Aeternity Americas, the platform will allow registering and tracking strains of cannabis from seed to final product. To carry out this task, we will use smart sensors in the plants, as well as the Internet of Things (IoT), along the chain of blocks of Aeternity.The project will begin its development in the next month of October, according to notes the company statement. It is expected that the platform is ready for deployment between the month of January 2020 or the middle of next year.
How will it work?
The system will work thanks to a few smart sensors installed at the place of production of cannabis. These sensors record the activities around the plant constantly, by which all the workers should be detailed in the system the reasons for approaching the planta.De this way, the information about the marijuana supplied by the workers of Uruguay Can be recorded and immutable in the blockchain of Aeternity. Data on the day, the hour, and the temperature of the plants to be watered, fertilized or distributed are stored in the system, and may not be altered or deleted. The consumers of these strains of cannabis will have access to the information about the process that takes place in the platform through an app for smartphones, according to what is said in Coirolo.The same system will be tested in the production and sale of green vegetables hydroponically, pointed out an article a local. For now, Uruguay Can stands out as the first uruguayan company to use the technologies blockchains in their supply chain. A use case that is becoming more and more popular among companies that sell luxury products, or of exclusive use.For example, at the beginning of the year, World wide Fund for Nature (WWF) announced the launch of a platform based on the chain of blocks that allows you to track the marketing of marine products. An initiative that could protect endangered animals, such as the hake of the Patagonia. In addition, the Target companies and Mercedes Benz have also explored this sector, developing their own prototypes.In regards to the medical marijuana industry, the technologies blockchain have had a major impact. The canadian company’s Global Cannabis Applications Corp (GCAC) announced few days ago the opening of a subsidiary in Australia to projects with blockchain.