Living Soil Intelligence

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About

We're growing a special kind of fungus underground that connects across a whole farm like a web. When the soil is healthy, it glows soft green at night. When it's dry, tired, or missing nutrients, it glows a different color.

Impact

Small farmers worldwide can't afford expensive soil sensors, satellites, or IoT equipment. MycoNet replaces all of that with biology that grows itself, costs almost nothing to maintain, and repairs itself after storms or damage.

Progress

We've identified three mycelium species with natural bioluminescent-adjacent signaling pathways and successfully cultured a lab-scale network across a 2-square-meter test bed.

Team

I've spent the last two years combining mycology research with sensor-network design, working alongside soil scientists and synthetic biologists.

Funding

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Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/living-soil-intelligence
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