Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

A team of engineering students at Harvard is teaming with a startup called Savormetrics to develop a device that can tell us when avocados will be ripe. It's one step on the way to solving the costly problem of food waste. Plus: a project in Belgium called #ArtGenetics is learning about the evolution of fruits and vegetables through classic paintings.  Forestalling food waste (Harvard) Old Paintings Reveal How Fruits and Vegetables Have Evolved Over the Centuries (VICE) Becoming a Cool Weird Awesome backer on Patreon is delicious --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message