Antimony

Inspiration

What it does

This website allows you to input your usage of common plastic items like bottles and styrofoam, then calculates your total plastic usage from a list of average values. It determines whether or not your consumption is greater than the American average, and gives you tips to decrease your plastic usage.

How we built it

We initially set up the computational component as a console app in Node.js, before building the rest of the website. After styling for a few hours, and eventually adding all of the inputs, we re-added the computations and set up an I/O system. Finally, we designed a logo and name for the website and added it to our code.

Challenges we ran into

Styling was very difficult and time consuming, and we faced a number of strange errors when users wouldn't input a valid response to the plastic consumption questions.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of the final appearance of our website, as well as of making a reasonably sophisticated I/O system without any server-side components.

What we learned

We learned that it is completely possible and practical to make a fully client-side form system, as well as learned a lot about the dangers of plastic use and its impact on the environment.

What's next for Antimony

We intend to publish the site on our custom URL (antimony.dev) and increase exposure. If we can get our hands on a server, we intend to add dynamic user interfacing and realtime consumption averages. At the moment, the website is static.