New app at the service the national fruit culture.
The Impactwave installed in the technology park incubator of Óbidos developed a technological application that allows you to discover if the fruit is ripe enough to be harvested. A new system which avoids wasting five percent for each batch of fruit for commercialization. The application 'ultracarpo', based on the aggregation of an ultrasound device to the mobile phone (smartphone) in which is coupled an ultrasound device, which will allow the producer horticultural make a non-destructively diagnosis, the state of fruit maturation. Beyond this valence, it becomes possible to calculate automatically the size of the fruit and registration information, allowing the producer access to historical data and query statistics.
At a time when consumers are increasingly demanding in terms of quality and flavor of the fruit and vegetables, farmers feel pressured, to increase the degree brix (sugar levels) of their products. This process is even more pronounced at the time of harvest, which relies on specialized technical equipment and high cost, using destructive methods of products. The potential of ultracarpo aroused the interest of several organizations and some local producers, with whom Impactwave already established partnerships in order to have available raw materials, facilities, equipment and access to local production, storage and control, so that the company can perform the necessary tests.
