Jejak Jamu

Rooted in Tradition, Powered by Innovation.

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Inspiration

Medical costs are rising, and many people lack easy access to healthcare facilities. We created Jejak Jamu to provide an affordable, accessible alternative by helping people use natural herbs for daily wellness. We also want to change the idea that traditional medicine is outdated, showing that jamu is a highly effective option that can work just as well as, or even better than, modern medicine.

What it does

Jejak Jamu is an educational mobile app with an AI scanning camera. Users can point their camera at raw herbs and roots, like ginger or turmeric, and the app instantly identifies them. It then provides details about the ingredient's health benefits and offers step-by-step recipes to brew jamu at home.

How we built it

We built the mobile app using React Native and Expo, utilizing the Expo Camera module to capture images. The AI recognition system was trained using Teachable Machine to quickly classify different local roots. We then connected the front-end camera to the AI model using JavaScript to deliver real-time results.

Challenges we ran into

Moving too quickly under a tight schedule led to a file management mistake where we nearly deleted our entire codebase mid-hackathon. Once we recovered the files, we also had to adjust the AI model so it could correctly distinguish between visually similar roots, like ginger and galangal, under different room lighting.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

As this is our very first hackathon, we are proud that we successfully built a working application with a functional AI camera on time. Getting our mobile interface and custom machine learning model to work together smoothly to recognize herbs in real time is a huge milestone for our team.

What we learned

We learned how valuable rapid prototyping tools like Teachable Machine are when working under a tight deadline. We also learned the hard way that saving our work frequently and keeping strict backups are essential habits when developing under pressure.

What's next for Jejak Jamu

We plan to add a map feature using the Google Maps API so users can easily find nearby shops to buy fresh herbs. We also want to build login and registration pages so users can create profiles, save their favorite recipes, and track their wellness goals over time.

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