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I wonder how they might deal with something like disease? Robots can easily monitor nutrient levels in the soil, but I wonder if there is a way to monitor the p
by yurishimo 8y ago
I wonder how they might deal with something like disease? Robots can easily monitor nutrient levels in the soil, but I wonder if there is a way to monitor the plant's health directly? Theoretically, the plants should be healthy given the controlled environment, but I imagine something will go wrong eventually.
Cool concept nonetheless!
- wpietri 8y agoThere are good techniques for monitoring plant health in infrared. They're so common that it's a decent home-hacking project: http://www.richardmudhar.com/blog/2015/07/using-near-ir-to-look-for-photosynthesis-and-plant-health-with-ndvi/ http://www.richardmudhar.com/blog/2015/07/using-near-ir-to-l... It's also something that is done from orbit. E.g.: https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-2/Plant_health https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Coper...
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- korethr 8y agoLooking it up, ASN 7922 is Comcast. I guess he really doesn't like Comcast and doesn't want Comcast (or their customers) from reaching his site?