The Reason

The Reason is an app that contains short videos (5-30 seconds) with intellectual positivity, helping people addicted to social media still scroll while learning new content.

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Inspiration

My screen time exceeded more than 8 hours because of doomscrolling, without any necessity. Because of that, I decided to keep scrolling, but with the mindfulness that I am actually learning STEM, business, finance, economics, and other subjects.

What it does

The Reason controls what users are uploading by deciding which app contains mindful content and which does not, so the whole app contains only positive content without any lip singing, dancing, playing games, etc. Moreover, it shows that their time scrolling has run out, so they need to go work in real life.

How we built it

I used the Gemini 3 Flash Model to vectorise the whole app. I prompted everything and checked the app's effectiveness at judging uploaded videos.

Challenges we ran into

I had trouble making effective judgments about videos because the AI sometimes couldn't properly determine whether the math problems were positive or negative.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

This was my first Hackathon, so I am proud of every element I created. Especially the judging, which was 90% effective, shows that their time limit has run out and that they need to keep working.

What we learned

How to use Google AI Studio. How to participate in Hackathons. Learned how to use GitHub.

What's next for The Reason

Add machine learning for higher efficiency in judging. Add the app to the App Store to get the first 100 users. After that, based on their reviews, improve the app by adding features such as quizzes, certificates of eligibility for posting content, and making The Reason easier to use.

Built With

  • canvas-api
  • css3
  • google-gemini-api
  • html5
  • react19
  • unsplash
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