In a way, the magic of a soil moisture sensor’s functionality boils down to a simple RC circuit. But of course, in practice there is a bit more to it than that. [rbaron] explains exactly how … ...

Although there are ways to get around this, a 2022 paper by Maja Škiljo and colleagues in Sensors covers an interesting way to make use of this signal attenuation property of changing moisture ...

The EPIC Lab and Frugal Innovation Hub’s partnership with Veggielution promotes not just water efficiency but also food ...

Soil moisture measurement is fundamental to understanding hydrological processes, crop water dynamics, and broader environmental monitoring. Recent advancements have driven the development of ...

A project from the University of Maine monitors soil moisture using AI that over time learns to make a sensor network as efficient as possible, creating a low-energy way to track climate change ...

Guwahati: Developed at an extremely low cost, using pencil, paper and graphene oxide, researchers at Gauhati University claim to have built high-tech .

The scale of measurement of the cosmic ray neutron sensor (CRNS) which is up to tens of hectares fills the gap between the small-scale information provided by point soil moisture sensors and the large ...