Fridginator
Description as a Tweet:
Our aim is to offer an alternative to expensive and inconvenient Smart Fridges. Our product is a cheap kit which can turn any fridge into a smart fridge, and with features most conventional smart fridges don't have such as automated video classification of inventory.
Inspiration:
I went to the Amazon Go store this summer and it made me realize how silly entering in things by hand is.
What it does:
Have you ever forgotten anything at the grocery store? Or better yet, bought items that you already have?
Writing a shopping list can be difficult, and checking to see everything you need is a long tedious process, that still has room for error.
New smart fridges are too much money $$$$
You are paying for too much unnecessary functionality!
There needs to me some in-between
We have a solution. Our simple hardware and service allow you to manage your fridge inventory without ever entering food into a computer. In the age where the govt tracks your face, why can't you keep track of your food?
How we built it:
We built a classifier on a Raspberry Pi (which did not finish installing in time) and our service is architect ed in the AWS cloud using Route 53, Lambda, S3, and DynamoDB.
Technologies we used:
- HTML/CSS
- Javascript
- Node.js
- React
- Python
- Raspberry Pi
- AI/Machine Learning
- Other Hardware
Challenges we ran into:
The Raspberry Pi being so difficult to install python libraries on.
Accomplishments we're proud of:
Architecting a hugely scalable service in the cloud
What we've learned:
Not to trust Raspberry Pi for quick projects
What's next:
Scale it up and increase recipe api effectiveness and give smarter recommendations
Built with:
Our laptops and AWS
Prizes we're going for:
- Best Hardware Hack
- Best Web App
- Best AWS Hack
- Best Domain Registered with Domain.com
Prizes Won
Team Members
Kevin Gill
Owen Carpenter