BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 1, 2022
A recent study by researchers at the University of Maine suggests that artificial intelligence could be a cost-effective and energy-efficient tool to monitor and manage Maine’s forests. Researchers used the University of Maine’s Wireless Sensor Networks laboratory to devise a way that artificial intelligence and machine learning could be used to assist soil moisture monitoring practices. The software that the university researchers tested can learn to react to environmental and network conditions, and report only the data points that are most necessary to generating meaningful information about forest health. This allows the network to use less energy and collect more pertinent data than older systems.