Students often lose important items on campus such as ID cards, wallets, earphones, or notebooks. In most cases, there is no proper system that helps students report or recover these belongings easily. Findora is a simple and smart web platform designed to solve this everyday problem by creating a centralized campus lost and found system.
The biggest highlight of Findora is the Findora AI Assistant. Instead of filling complicated forms or searching with exact keywords, users can simply describe their lost item in plain, everyday language. For example, a student can write something like “I lost my black wallet near the library yesterday.” The AI assistant then analyzes this description and recommends the most relevant reported items that could match the lost item. This is where the main AI integration happens — powered by Google Gemini — enabling smart understanding of natural language and accurate item matching.
Apart from this, the platform includes a real-time feed of reported items, a secure messaging system so students can contact the finder, and an ownership verification step using security questions to ensure the item goes back to the correct owner.
Findora is built using React and Vite for the frontend and Express.js for the backend, with secure authentication and protected APIs to keep user data safe. The platform is fully responsive and works smoothly on mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.
Overall, Findora uses AI in a practical way to solve a common campus problem, helping students recover lost items faster while building a more helpful and trustworthy campus community.
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