Our app aims to provide users with an easy and convenient way to see the environmental impact of their grocery purchases and make more sustainable choices.
- take a picture of a grocery receipt and instantly see the carbon footprint of the purchase
- track the user's carbon footprint over time, so they can see how their choices are impacting the environment
- highlight the most and least environmentally-friendly products in the receipt so the user can make informed choices
- extract relevant data from the receipt using OCR
- query a database of products and their corresponding carbon footprints to calculate the total carbon footprint of the purchase
- ensuring that our carbon footprint estimations are accurate for the wide range of products available in a grocery store
- smooth integration of camera in app
- made a phone call and managed to obtain access to a database with a detailed breakdown of carbon emissions
- organizing ourselves in a hybrid team
- Android development
- interacting with APIs
- moving from design to fully functional MVP
- recommendations for more sustainable product alternatives
- integrating price data
- adaptation to specific grocery store websites to get more accurate estimates
- leaderboard