Pod Technology

SQIQ Pod Overview

The S-Pods are a recent development by researchers in Mike Hannigan’s Laboratory at CU Boulder. Designed as the next step in a series of environmental monitors, the S-Pod is a prototype soil quality monitor. These low-cost monitors are battery-powered and utilize a suite of embedded non-dispersive infrared, variable resistance, and resistance temperature detector sensors. The S-Pod is currently being used to allow students across Colorado to dig deeper and investigate their local soils through project-based learning.