REVOLUTIONARY INNOVATIVE DEVICE DETECTS FOOD SPOILAGE

Can a $1 mobile phone accessory turn into a crucial tool to address the $1 trillion food waste problem? Yes, according to GoMicro CEO and founder Dr. Sivam Krish, with the help of the Spotcheck App and a phone-attachable magnifier created for precisely determining the degree of ripeness or rotting of fresh goods. In his presentation at the 400M Agrifood Innovation Forum in Toowoomba, Queensland on Wednesday, July 13, Dr. Krish offers proof that GoMicro’s Spotcheck equipment accurately reads the accuracy of food deterioration. According to Dr. Krish, GoMicro’s innovation, which increases accuracy through a superior imaging technology and AI App, might significantly reduce costs for our agricultural businesses.

According to Dr. Krish, we can determine the freshness or rotting of fruits and vegetables with an accuracy of 86 to 99 percent, measured in days. With an estimated 30% of our food being ruined, it is a highly current issue for the food business to handle. We can see that there are many excellent economic potentials for a cheap, portable gadget that is capable of making precise assessments of food spoilage. According to Dr. Krish, the GoMicro team captured 100 pictures per day of a variety of vegetables to use as training images for the AI application. Typically, AI systems can’t reach great accuracy in real-world situations and need thousands of photos for training.

It’s the most recent significant milestone for GoMicro, a microscopy 4.0 business that began in 2020 as an Edtech business before changing its focus to become an AgTech business. GoMicro took home second place in the pitch competition for the 2021 Rocket Speeder FOOD WASTE + LOSS Accelerator Program after winning the Bayer Grants4Ag competition, which sparked a long-lasting partnership with Bayer Crop Sciences. The goal of GoMicro is to reinvent the microscope and give it artificial intelligence so that everyone, not only scientists, may use the best technology. The most accurate AI detection currently accessible at this level is made possible by the company’s patent-pending technology, which generates lab-quality imaging settings that dramatically boost the accuracy of detection while lowering the number of images required for training purposes.

GoMicro has first concentrated on the agricultural sector to assist farmers and agronomists in precisely identifying pests, leaf disease, and food quality. Through the incorporation of a more precise AI engine into the Spotcheck microscope connected to a phone, any farmer with a phone will have the diagnostic capacity of an agronomist, according to Dr. Krish. It’s a significant development since microscopic data can offer a wealth of information on a variety of agricultural challenges. More crucially, we will enable anyone to create and implement precise AI applications.