Botanical sensors are turning greenery into living data networks while monitoring plant health and optimizing yields.

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Soil moisture profile measurements are an integral component of water balance estimation networks, especially in thick vadose zones and fine-grained soil environments. At field sites with silty and ...

If you’ve got a smart home, or you just want to know how soaked your garden is getting in the winter, you might want to measure rainfall. There are a bunch of ways to go about it, and this capacitive ...

Indoor plants are notoriously tricky to keep healthy and alive, especially in winter. You're attempting to replicate a complex and naturally accommodating biome inside your home. Plants that thrive in ...

Abstract: Fiber Bragg Grating sensors (FBG) are employed to monitor the in-situ soil strain adjacent to the pile foundation that supports the machine, which produces harmonic vibrations. As they are ...

Abstract: Groundnut cultivation faces persistent challenges from leaf spot disease, which affects crop yield and quality. This letter investigates the influence of environmental and soil parameters on ...

Easy-to-use interface for configuring and reading radar data. Supports both single and multi-target detection modes. Works with Arduino-compatible board that has a separate hardware UART.