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Optimizing water use: BYU researchers create Bluetooth sensors that track field water levels
In the western United States, where water is at a premium, it is important for farmers to be efficient with their irrigation use. Yet most farmers prescribe the same amount of water to every part of their field, leading to some soil getting too much water and other soil too little, according to Brigham Young University electrical engineering professor Brian Mazzeo. Seeking a new way to optimize irrigation, a group of BYU researchers developed low-cost Bluetooth devices powered by solar panels — called BYU Smart Bluetooth Stakes — and placed 86 of them in a wheat field ...
