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Plant Science & Research Notes
Open research notes and biophysics deep-dives from the Vriksh Vani project.
Plant ScienceJuly 2026 · 8 min read
What Is VPD — And Why Is It the Key Metric in Plant Biophysics?
Vapour Pressure Deficit governs transpiration, nutrient uptake, and stomatal behaviour. An exploration into the biophysics of VPD.
Subhash Koli, Founder
Hardware ScienceJune 2026 · 6 min read
Why NIH-01 Explores Thermal Optics Over Traditional Soil Moisture Probes
Soil moisture sensors measure a single point in a substrate. Thermal imaging observes the leaf surface temperature of the plant — the direct biophysical signal.
Subhash Koli, Founder
AI & EngineeringMay 2026 · 12 min read
Building NTE™: Exploring Plant Voice Translation on ESP32-S3 Microcontrollers
The Nature Translation Engine model is designed to run directly on edge hardware. Exploring how a quantized emotion classifier operates locally with zero cloud dependence.
Subhash Koli, Founder