This hose-attached smart sprinkler maps your yard, rotates on command, and measures water use. Despite these clever features, ...

A new UC Riverside system can map soil moisture tree by tree, so growers water only where and when it’s needed.

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System using underground sensors and AI can predict soil moisture with 95% accuracy, revolutionizing agricultural irrigation.

Plant-derived cellulose is used to create soil sensors that detect moisture, nutrients, and diseases before they damage crops.

In this video I'm walking you through the steps I took to make a standalone version of my pellet level monitoring sensor that is not directly connected to Home Assistant but it functions separately .

A woman holds a picture of Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during a rally in Tehran on March 9, 2026. (Majid Saeedi / Getty Images) With U.S. and Israeli forces continuing ...

Plants do not just grow—they signal. From the subtle moisture shifts in soil to the faint electrical rhythms coursing through leaves and stems, botanical sensors are turning greenery into living data ...

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For decades, global soil moisture monitoring from space has depended on reference datasets. Satellite observations, while indispensable, are rarely used alone; instead, their retrieval algorithms are ...