How the soil healed wounded soldiers
A short description of what you will be talking about...The secret world beneath our feet is mind-blowing – and the key to our planet’s future
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Jiayao Meng
Research Scientist
Can a £1 chip tell us what's beneath our feet? How tiny MEMS sensors are scaling up soil health monitoring
Monitoring soil health on a massive scale requires tools that are affordable, non-invasive, and highly scalable. To achieve this, the Earth Rover Program is developing a new generation of wireless sensors using MEMS accelerometers. In this blog, I will explore how these cheap, tiny chips are replacing bulky, wired traditional sensors to scale up high-frequency "Soilsmology" surveys and equip farmers worldwide.
Morine Wangechi
Research Scientist
Rising Beyond Traditions: Monitoring Kenyan Soils and Ecosystems Using Non-Invasive Seismic Technology
Agriculture in Kenya heavily relies on fertilizers, and traditional soil sampling methods have been extensively used to monitor and quantify soil health. The Earth Rover Program (ERP), a not-for-profit organisation, aims to empower farmers to sustain high yields while minimising interventions. ERP has leveraged traditional seismic technologies for non-invasively “seeing” into the soil.
Joe Collins
Senior Research Associate
The Harper Adams and BASE-UK Conservation Agriculture Systems Experiment.
Conservation Agriculture (CA) manages farms to boost productivity while protecting soil health. In this blog, I’ll outline the experiment’s setup, highlight key results, and show how it has supported other research, including work with the Earth Rover Program.
Jiayao Meng
Research Scientist
Can a £1 chip tell us what's beneath our feet? How tiny MEMS sensors are scaling up soil health monitoring
Monitoring soil health on a massive scale requires tools that are affordable, non-invasive, and highly scalable. To achieve this, the Earth Rover Program is developing a new generation of wireless sensors using MEMS accelerometers. In this blog, I will explore how these cheap, tiny chips are replacing bulky, wired traditional sensors to scale up high-frequency "Soilsmology" surveys and equip farmers worldwide.
Morine Wangechi
Research Scientist
Rising Beyond Traditions: Monitoring Kenyan Soils and Ecosystems Using Non-Invasive Seismic Technology
Agriculture in Kenya heavily relies on fertilizers, and traditional soil sampling methods have been extensively used to monitor and quantify soil health. The Earth Rover Program (ERP), a not-for-profit organisation, aims to empower farmers to sustain high yields while minimising interventions. ERP has leveraged traditional seismic technologies for non-invasively “seeing” into the soil.
Joe Collins
Senior Research Associate
The Harper Adams and BASE-UK Conservation Agriculture Systems Experiment.
Conservation Agriculture (CA) manages farms to boost productivity while protecting soil health. In this blog, I’ll outline the experiment’s setup, highlight key results, and show how it has supported other research, including work with the Earth Rover Program.
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