EUREKA

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  EUREKA

Inspiration

Children often hear fictional bedtime stories, but many never meet the real people who changed the world. We wanted to make history feel magical without sacrificing truth.

Our idea: turn scientists, inventors, and creators into bedtime adventures that are emotionally engaging, age-friendly, and grounded in real events.

What it does

• Lets users choose a historical figure and generate a multi-chapter story.
• Streams story text in real time for a "live storytelling" experience. ## How we built it

Tech stack:

• Next.js App Router + React + TypeScript
• Google Gemini via @google/genai
• SurrealDB for story version persistence ## Challenges we ran into Balancing historical accuracy with child-friendly, emotionally rich storytelling.
• Designing prompts that maintain consistent structure across chapters while still feeling creative.
• Coordinating streaming text, optional media generation, and smooth UI state transitions.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Built a working end-to-end storytelling pipeline with live streaming output.
• Added multimodal storytelling support: text, illustrations, and audio narration.
• Enforced a history-first storytelling voice so stories are inspiring and educational.
• Implemented story history/versioning in SurrealDB for replay and progression.

What we learned

• Building multimodal AI features requires careful fallback handling and progressive enhancement. ## What's next for Eureka

More historical figures, regions, and underrepresented innovators.

• Voice options and character-specific narration styles.
• Classroom mode with discussion prompts and mini activities.
• Stronger safety and factual validation layers for generated content.

Built With

• gemini
• mastra
• next