For those trying to lose weight but do not want to spent money consulting trained nutritionists or too busy to go through self-help book, help is at hand. 
Computer scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a tool that lets you snap a photo of your meal and let the crowd estimates its nutritional value.
PlateMate’s calorie estimates have proved, in tests, to be just as accurate as those of trained nutritionists, and more accurate than the users’ own logs.
“We can take things that used to require experts and do them with crowds,” said Jon Noronha, who co-developed PlateMate as an undergraduate at Harvard and now works at Microsoft.
“Estimating the nutritional value of a meal is a fairly complex task, from a computational standpoint, but with a structured work flow and some cultural awareness, we’ve expanded what crowdsourcing can achieve,” stated Noronha.
Computer scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a tool that lets you snap a photo of your meal and let the crowd estimates its nutritional value.
PlateMate’s calorie estimates have proved, in tests, to be just as accurate as those of trained nutritionists, and more accurate than the users’ own logs.
“We can take things that used to require experts and do them with crowds,” said Jon Noronha, who co-developed PlateMate as an undergraduate at Harvard and now works at Microsoft.
“Estimating the nutritional value of a meal is a fairly complex task, from a computational standpoint, but with a structured work flow and some cultural awareness, we’ve expanded what crowdsourcing can achieve,” stated Noronha.
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