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There’s more than 250,000 flowering plants on Earth, but until now the only fool-proof way to identify them was to ask your friendly, neighbourhood botanist.

A project by an ECU computer science researcher aims to automatically identify plants using high-tech image recognition software.

ECU School of Computer and Security Science PhD candidate Oluleye Hezekiah Babatunde has developed a computer program which can identify the species of a plant based on a digital photo of a single leaf.

“The program uses a combination of highly complex mathematical algorithms and artificial intelligence to identify leaves based on their colour, shape and texture,” he said.

“In testing so far, the program correctly identifies leaves more than 93 per cent of the time.”

The software could have extensive applications in the agricultural sector.

The same processes used by the software to distinguish between different species could be used to monitor damage to crops by pests, weather and herbicide according to Mr Babatunde.

“There’s potential for farmers to use this tool in an app form to get real time updates on their crops with a simple smartphone image,” he said.

The project is a finalist in the prestigious Fresh Science program.

Fresh Science trains early-career researchers to tell the story of their scientific discoveries to a general audience.

Mr Babatunde will present his research at a free event on August 19 at the Brisbane Hotel in Perth.

http://www.ecu.edu.au/news/latest-news/2015/08/plant-recognition-software-branches-out

Nigerians representing all over
Will update you guys on the presentation

Oya, where the Mods at?
FP please

Copy lalasticlala and Ishilove

Omo! For 100k usd i fit sell anything oh. Photo sef na small thing

Na pap and akara?

Never heard of them here in Zambia!
Plus one tontolet is better than both of them

sinaj:
I no b born again to start with...

check d nxt poster

Chisos...
But at least you from edo/delta bah?
The guy go manage you like that be that na...

100m dollars bail only?
Das like saying na only Donald Trump or Dangote go fit bail you bros. I wan contribute 5dollars to the bail money sha, how much remain?

Who get mind to enter tho?

sinaj:
Paaaaaaaaastor

*folds hand* I jux de look u with my 4 o clock eyes

No shame
Jux apply

For when the wailers will come

E dey fly?

rawtouch:
Sick fella

Hahahahaa
Obviously. Funny the motive for this crime still isn't clear

KanwuliaJara:
London BOYS in the USA?

Searching for the "tribe"!

Surprise-Surprise!

What tribe are you talking about?

eyenibibio:
Is it just me or the dude in the 2nd pics looks like Pharell Williams.

The killer took a picture with Pharell, thats the one police used to identify him.

A 31 year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with the slaying of a woman who was walking with her boyfriend in Hollywood earlier this month when a gunman walked up behind them, aimed a shotgun at her head and pulled the trigger.

Ezeoma Obioha, 31, was arrested at 7:15 p.m. on suspicion of murder in the death of Carrie Jean Melvin, said Lt. John Radke of the Los Angeles Police Department. Obioha remains in custody and is being held on $1 million bail.

Carrie Jean Melvin and her boyfriend were walking along McCadden Place when she was shot dead the night of July 5.


"We have been working hard around the clock on this and we didn't want to draw attention to the leads we developed," Radke said. "This was a terrible crime and it is one of those scenes you'll never forget."

Investigators believe that the motive was “financial” and that Obioha was lying in wait for Melvin when she was shot on the night of July 5. He said search warrants were served at Obioha’s home on Friday.

Melvin and her boyfriend were walking along McCadden Place near Sunset Boulevard around 10 p.m. on their way to get some food when the shooting occurred, police said.

The gunman jumped into a black sedan and drove off. Melvin died at the scene.

Melvin’s father called his daughter’s death “incredibly senseless.” Bernie Melvin said she had studied film at UC Santa Cruz and moved to Hollywood about four years ago to break into the entertainment industry. Like many young Angelenos, he said, Carrie Melvin worked several jobs — waitressing, bartending — while pursuing that dream.

“She was really kind of spreading her wings,” he said at the time. “It’s an extreme loss to us. She had a lot to give, and her life was cut short.”



http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-suspect-arrested-in-shotgun-slaying-in-hollywood-20150724-story.html

Chisoooooos!!!!

calmbabadee:
My brother.

Question for the gods.

Try and google it or ask one of obama's daughters Malaila to be precise.

U hia?

Hahaha...
All dis prostituting nairalanders sef

Nothing strange. Na so all of dem dey do/talk. Even all this our naija ones dem

.

When you place a stooge in a position of power who's only "ability" is been able to carry out any order no matter how nonsensical, then you are in for a blame game roundabout.
Emeifele is an incompetent person and this isn't a tribal rant, its a statement of fact, people on nairaland and Nigeria as a whole should face reality and stop siding tribally with leaders who add nothing to your personal bottomline.
Look at me for example, I supported buhari at the last elections, I thought he was the saviour, do I still think so? Hell no! Because I expected him to hit the ground running! Its not a bad thing to change your mind about a position when you reconsider and find it untenable somewhere down the line, but sticking with a position on ethnic principles Is plain madness.
Emeifele is an unmitigated disaster, and it seems pmb/gmb will be too

Pineapp:
Upon say you be banker

note counters are bankers too na

hmmmmmm...
Ok

Frontpage tinz again?
By d way, end timez

One or two private uni's do. Check
But in d real sense of it, dats not engineering. Jes sayn

Have you been welding witout googles?

Hav u bin firing without overall?

Bros
No u cannot!
To do an MSC in engrn, ur engrn background matas, if u hv a bsc mechanical, u wnt even b admitted to MSC electrical(in Nigeria oh) cos its not related, u don't hv d required foundational knowledge(unless ofcos d MSC is mech related).
Sori bt dats he it works here