Mature technology, such as FOSS NIR and FT-NIR spectroscopy; have left very few unexplored common application areas
. However, with NIR and FT-NIR technologies constantly finding new areas of applications to test their mantel (for example; because of the increasing pressure to regulate Chinese products' quality and safety, the identity and quality of traditional Chinese medicines are now measured using 2D-NIR spectroscopy), FOSS' future looks bright.