autoist

Inspiration

TL;DR My flatmates used up something of first need and I didn't like it :D If you don't like such situations too, read more :)

Actually I didn't have an idea till 3am on Saturday. So I came back to my apartment and spotted the first toilet need missing. MY FLATMATES used it up ;)

What it does

You get NFC tags with fancy pictures and mount them in places where you store things like the first need^TM, salt, suger, whatever. When a resource is about to finish, you scan its NFC tag and it's automatically added to the flat Wunderlist as a to-buy item.

How I built it

Coded backend and android app simultaneusly

Challenges I ran into

I have to learn android programming :)

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

hacked and DEPLOYED app during hackathon and IT WORKS

What's next for autoist

• physical WiFi button with the same functionality as nfc tag + phone
• auto adding items like buy new printer inks

Built With

• android
• nfc
• ruby-on-rails