Could soil process information without a brain? New engineering perspective makes the case

Cambridge researchers used electrical impedance tomography to build a non-vision sensor system that classifies soil types and moisture levels. They propose that soil acts as an embodied analog processor through its electrical and biological properties. This framework allows engineers and agricultural scientists to embed environmental computation directly into the ground.

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