Lunchatron

An AI-powered Recipe Ingredient Detector

Lunchatron Project
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PROCESS HIGHLIGHTS

PART ONE - EXPLORATION

Challenge

Design an app that can reduce food waste by suggesting recipes based on ingredients users already have at home.

Opportunity

Revolutionize the way people approach meal planning and help them be more sustainable and creative with their cooking.

Timeline

Feb 2025 @ ConUHack IX

Disciplines

Computer Vision
Cloud Computing
AI Integration
Full-Stack Development

Tools

FastAPI (Python)
React (JS/TS)
Google Cloud Vision API
REST API

BACKGROUND

The Why

Lunchatron was developed in under 25 hours at ConUHAck IX. The idea sparked from a simple question: What can I cook with what I already have? As students, we often find ourselves staring at random ingredients with no clue what to make.

With this in mind, we set out to build something fast, fun, and functional. The time constraint pushed us to brainstrom rapidly, prototype efficiently, and work collaboratively across frontend, backend, and AI components to bring Lunchatron to life. Lunchatron is an app that scans ingradients and instantly suggests recipes

FEATURES

Key Functionality

Ingredient Scanner

Take a photo of your ingredients and our AI will identify them automatically.

Recipe Generator

Get personalized recipe suggestions based on the ingredients you already have.