The night we built this

Bananas bought and split open by hand, seeds counted one by one, angles sketched on paper, and a model trained before sunrise. Here's the proof.

The desk where it all happened — TinkerHub hackathon night.
The desk where it all happened — TinkerHub hackathon night.
Bananas split open by hand to count every seed for ground truth.
Bananas split open by hand to count every seed for ground truth.
More seed counting, one nendran at a time.
More seed counting, one nendran at a time.
Cross-sections showing exactly how the seeds are arranged inside.
Cross-sections showing exactly how the seeds are arranged inside.
The seed core, pulled free from the flesh.
The seed core, pulled free from the flesh.
Dissecting the dataset, one cut at a time.
Dissecting the dataset, one cut at a time.
Hand-sketching the curvature angles that fed the model.
Hand-sketching the curvature angles that fed the model.
Training the model in the small hours of the morning.
Training the model in the small hours of the morning.