New software can detect the freshness of fruits and price them accordingly.
Nairobi University has demonstrated a new software which is able to detect the freshness of fruits and price them accordingly. The technology uses remote sensing to achieve this analysis.
The software was developed by MSc Physics student David Muriuki Karibe and presented at the Nairobi International Trade Fair. It works by shining a blue LED at the produce and analysing the resulting reflection, the colour of which has a direct correlation to the ripeness.
The software solves a significant problem…
