Tag Archives: Food

Babbling bananas: This Google Ventures-backed startup uses IoT to ‘listen’ to fruit as it ripens

Strella Biotechnology co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Jay Jordan (left) and co-founder and CEO Katherine Sizov. (Strella Photo) Katherine Sizov is eavesdropping on kiwis, pears, apples and bananas as they talk to each other, and through their conversations she can tell you if they’re ripe and if they’re getting close to rotting. Sizov is CEO…

Fighting food waste: We taste-tested an app that sells unsold meals and groceries at a big discount

My cat contemplates sampling a discounted slab of cookies-and-cream pie from Seattle’s Pie Bar. He abstained. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) I’ll admit, I definitely have food waste issues. Four nights out of five, I’m eating the last, unwanted bites of my kid’s dinner so they’re not composted. The shabby heels from the loaf of…