Building https://teapawt.net/t.co/PwITrl752I — printable field sensors that watch soil biology work CEO, BioSensor Solutions
Columbia, SC / Boulder, CO
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🌱🌱Lab pulls tell you what was in the soil last month.
SoilData.ai watches biology work in the field in real time — printable sensors for microbial activity + organic matter decomposition (w/ CU Boulder)
BioSensorSolutions.com
We started BioSensor to provide growers a way to monitor soil life in real time - gritdaily.com/biosensor-solu…
Not happening on @Delta
I made a @bot to find the best times to visit a property up to 15 days out. Includes a parcel map with topo and wetlands, as well as soil data.
Property Visit Bot - x.ai/bot/85qsR6t4r8jI3oKbPm5…
Property Visit Bot: drop an address (or lat/lon/parcel) → land pack (SSURGO, slope, FEMA, cover) + 15-day weather workability + on-site checklist.
Get it here: x.ai/bot/85qsR6t4r8jI3oKbPm5…
We’re inviting one Grok Bot user to a Starship launch. You could win the invite by sharing the ways you've integrated @Bot into your work. The invite includes a plus one.
How to submit and some examples we love:
Weather forecasting stops at the sky. We’re focused on how living soil responds.
Read more below on our work with AreaandDee and @nvidia .
nvidia.github.io/earth2studi…
Proud to share BioSensor Solutions was selected for Innosphere's SHIELD accelerator, part of the @NSF ASCEND Engine.
8 months, real Colorado & Wyoming testbeds, and a cohort tackling soil health head-on.
Soil biology should be measurable in real time. Time to prove it at scale.
innosphere.org/news/innosphe…
We’ve been told some soil carbon is basically locked away — too chemically tough for microbes.
A new continental-scale study says otherwise: the capacity to break down that “stable” organic matter is widespread.
Complementary microbial teams can depolymerize carbon Earth system models still treat as mostly safe.
Headcount ≠ what’s happening.
What matters is whether biology is actually working.
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Chemistry tells you what’s in the soil. Biology tells you if it’s working.
That’s the gap SoilData.ai is built for — printable sensors that watch microbial activity and organic matter breakdown in the field.
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Lab pulls tell you what was in the soil last month.
SoilData.ai watches biology work in the field in real time — printable sensors for microbial activity + organic matter decomposition (w/ CU Boulder)
biosensorsolutions.com
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This deserves more attention, because it’s a really cool @Starlink use case.
They’re using collars on cattle that connect to Starlink satellites in space, allowing ranchers to create and adjust a “virtual fence” in real time right from their phone in the middle of nowhere. You don't need to be close to a radio tower anymore. Literally no-one has done this before.
Halter announced today the launch of direct-to-satellite connectivity using SpaceX's @Starlink for its smart cattle collars, a world-first that removes the need for cell towers or on-ranch infrastructure.
"Using Starlink enables ranchers to manage cattle anywhere they can see the sky. Combined with a suite of new tools for reproduction, animal behavior, and precision pasture management, the release significantly expands what is possible for cattle ranch management.
Beef ranchers in remote and rugged regions that were limited by connectivity can now turn to virtual fencing to run more productive and sustainable operations - at a time when they face rising fuel costs, labor shortages, and an aging workforce pressures."
Halter’s internal modeling estimates direct-to-satellite capability expands coverage of the U.S beef cattle market by 2.5x. Until now, Halter’s solar-powered, GPS-enabled collars relied on Halter’s proprietary long-range radio towers. With direct-to-satellite, the collars can communicate via Starlink, eliminating ground infrastructure entirely.
