New AI Tool Helps You Pick the Perfectly Ripe Avocado Using Your Phone
Luyao Ma created this AI tool after feeling frustrated about not being able to tell a ripe avocado from an overripe one.
Americans consume over 2.8 billion pounds of avocados annually, according to the WSJ, and often end up with leftover peelings that contribute to waste and environmental pollution, as found in Current Research in Food Science.
Avocados ripen after being plucked from trees and coming into contact with ethylene gas, which initiates their ripening process.
The starting point of this entire matrix of avocado-related dilemmas is when it “ripens”.
This AI tool aims to reduce food waste by helping users pick the perfectly ripe avocado using their phone.
Author's summary: AI tool reduces food waste by picking ripe avocados.