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Briefing
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- Plant Disease Diagnosing App – Penn State researchers developed mobile app Nuru that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to diagnose crop diseases from pictures taken by smartphone camera
- Uses TensorFlow – Makes use of Google’s TensorFlow, open source software used in developing machine learning and deep neural networks models
- Recognized by Google – App was recognized by Google in TensorFlow Developer Summit 2018 held on March 30, 2018 in Mountain View, California
- Work in Tanzania – App used by farmers in Tanzania to diagnose disease in cassava, crop consumed by 500 million Africans per day
- Potential Global Expansion – Researchers looking to implement technologies on global scale to enhance food security and boost people’s livelihoods
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, Information Technology
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Organization
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Google Inc., Penn State
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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April 2, 2018
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