Objective
The objective of project FRUIT is to develop an integrated product-life tracking system for citrus fruit products. The system will track fruit from its selection at a packing station, through its subsequent transportation across national boundaries, to its consumer market destination.
The project aims to develop:
- a tracking system within the packing house
- a prototype sensor for the non-invasive sensing of gases and volatile substances relevant to fruit treatment
- a prototype card with drive and control functions, processing and storage capacity, and sensor integration
- a distributed database
- design requirements for converting the hardware into a smart-card using VLSI technology.
The system will be demonstrated in citrus fruit packing stations in Greece and Spain, within refrigerated transport units, and at receipt and display at the point of sale in the UK or other member states.
EXPLOITATION
The main benefit of the system will be to provide vendors and consumers with information on the quality and life expectancy of the product.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences computer and information sciences databases
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture horticulture fruit growing
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
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BS16 1QY Bristol
United Kingdom
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