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I am a SWE at stenon [0], we make a portable nutrient analysis probe for agriculture. It is basically an electronic shovel that you stick in the ground, and you
by L_226 7y ago
I am a SWE at stenon [0], we make a portable nutrient analysis probe for agriculture. It is basically an electronic shovel that you stick in the ground, and you then can view a real time breakdown of bioavailable and mineral nutrient content of that soil on your phone or tablet.
I often say we're actually building three products, ML, hardware and software. It is pretty challenging but a lot of fun, and very rewarding.
[0] - https://stenon.io/en/ https://stenon.io/en/
- ThisIsTheWay 7y agoThis is really cool.
- contingencies 7y agoGreat if you can make this work. My questions would be how long does a probe last before you have to re-jig it? Does it work with sandy soils? Clays? To what extent do readings swing massively based on soil substructure and poor contact/other random chance? Does it internally capture material and create liquid solutions to get around this problem? What range of data can you sample? Ideas: Don't just target industrial agriculture, consider the residential and commercial garden and surveyor markets. For inspiration or allies, look at the mining industry's established ecosystem of prospecting and sampling related service and software companies. They could also be customers: with open cut mines, they often have to do site remediation, eventually, and it's well funded.