Initial commit: Recycling object detection project

- Added Fast api web application for recycling object detection
- Included YOLOv8 model training notebook
- Set up project structure with datasets and training directories
- Added requirements.txt for dependencies
- Configured .gitignore for Python virtual environment and cache files

README.md

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+# DS Task Recycling Project
+
+This project is a toy project for training and quality assurance purposes. It involves developing a simple Flask API that processes an image (or a hardcoded image) of a motherboard and detects memory modules present on it. The API will return the image with bounding boxes drawn around each detected memory module.
+
+## Project Overview
+
+- **Input Types:**
+
+  - Image upload via the Flask API.
+  - A hardcoded image for testing purposes.
+- **Dataset:**
+
+  - 20 pictures of motherboards with memory.
+  - 20 pictures of motherboards without memory.
+- **Output:**
+
+  - An annotated image with bounding boxes around each detected memory module.
+    For example, if there are two memory modules, two boxes are drawn; if only one is detected, then one box is drawn.
+- **Annotation Tool Suggestion:**
+
+  - We suggest using [makesense.ai](https://www.makesense.ai/) for manual annotation if needed.
+
+## Task Details
+
+The developer is required to research and answer the following questions as part of the task:
+
+1. **Algorithm Choice:**
+
+   - Which algorithm will you use for detecting the memory modules?
+   - Why do you choose this particular algorithm?
+2. **Hardware Considerations:**
+
+   - Does CPU or GPU have an impact on your decision? Please explain.
+3. **Video Input:**
+
+   - What if a video is provided instead of single images?
+   - Does your approach change when processing videos? Please describe your approach.
+
+## Proposed Flask API Implementation
+
+1. **API Endpoints:**
+
+   - An endpoint for uploading images which processes and returns the annotated image.
+   - An endpoint parameter for using a hardcoded image for testing purposes.
+2. **Processing Workflow:**
+
+   - Receive an image (either via file upload or from a hardcoded source).
+   - Apply the chosen object detection algorithm to detect memory modules.
+   - Draw bounding boxes around each detected memory module.
+   - Return the annotated image to the user.
+
+## Data Set:
+
+Dataset in on the `training` folder. And there is `memory` and `no_memory` subfolder in it.