Inspiration

Fake news

What it does

Identifies bias and positive/negative sentiment a news report and finds out who's talking about it and which part of the world they are in. Also, identifies fake news sites.

How we built it

Caffeine/flask/twitter/google maps/chrome

Challenges we ran into

Losing 2 ill team members at the beginning to become a 2 man team. Half of us being medics and thus programatically challenged. Learning to use new technologies.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Implementing python REST API. Making an MVP.

What we learned

90% of what we did was new to us - Chrome extensions, web services ect.

What's next for NewsAnchor

Sleep

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