1. Long-range Bluetooth Smart Stakes and High-gain Receivers for High-density Sensing in Precision Agriculture

To achieve the goals of precision agriculture, accurate spatial-temporal soil information is needed, especially because soil properties can change within and between growing seasons. While remote sensing can provide high coverage, some soil properties must be measured in situ. Current existing industry solutions are too expensive per unit to deploy in sufficiently high density for dynamic management zones, creating a need for low-cost sensor networks.... S. Craven, C. Sandholtz, B. Mazzeo