Agent: Ingredients!

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  App cover art in retro Atari 2600 cartridge box art style

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  Main screen when first start app

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  User selected gluten, app alerts them to gluten in the burger

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  User scanned food label ingredient list for multiple ingredients

Inspiration

As I was brainstorming, I wondered about all the negativity around A.I. Being cautious is important, but A.I. is a tool like any other. It can be bad, but also good, it all depends on how they’re used. How can A.I. help?

What it does

Consuming a food one is allergic to can have serious negative health consequences. The app scans a food or a package and alerts the user if the food (or label) is likely to contain a custom-defined list of ingredients. The app can also be used if one is avoiding certain ingredients for health diets or ethical diets. Gemini seamlessly switches between photo recognition (for pictures of food) and Optical Character Recognition (for ingredient labels). Gemini also researches and provides a recommendation.

How we built it

The idea was entered into Google Gemini A.I. studio as a single starting prompt and refined from there.

Challenges we ran into

The development was smooth, only once or twice did I have to back up, restore the previous version and re-prompt. Mostly regarding how a user might use the same photo twice.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Idea iteration. The app initially began as an allergy scanner. But grew in scope to become an ingredient scanner, for users following any sort of diet (vegan, gluten-free, etc.) for any reason.

What we learned

I learned to keep an eye out for opportunities to make the app expand. The idea may grow in unexpected ways!

What's next for Agent Ingredients

After this hackathon, I be making the app public and free to the world. Something so useful, so easily made in just a few days, that builds good habits and is potentially lifesaving, should be free.

Built With

• api
• gemini
• google
• studio