Looking for advice for my school project

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Good evening!
I have a project that I’m working on for my college course. We are to develop a mobile application, something very simple yet functional of course. So my group and I decided to make an app that allows you to scan an item in your refrigerator and then it would recommend recipe’s. I don’t need it to do too too much, just something basic. I just want to be able to show a demo that says “hey the application works”. So far I’ve started a project but I’m not getting a precise description from the AI. So i’m totally lost on what to do. Any advice would help! Thanks!

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Hi there
1st food recognition via camera and AI API
2nd get recipe via database filtration
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Hello!
This project might be a bit challenging if you were hoping for something “simple” — working with AI is rarely easy, especially when you’re just getting started.

Here’s a simpler approach I’d recommend as a good workaround:

  • Take photos of the fridge items one by one — you don’t need too many; 3 or 4 should be enough.
  • Use image recognition — AI can handle this quite well, but there are also free and simpler APIs that recognize objects from images (just make sure the pictures are clear and well lit).
  • Add the recognized items to a local storage list.
  • Send that list to an AI model to generate recipe ideas based on what you have.

A few things to keep in mind:

  • You’ll likely need a database to store the pictures — try Cloudinary, it’s simple and integrates well with Thunkable.

  • You might also need to create an AI account/profile. I haven’t tested Thunkable’s built-in one, but most of these services require some form of paid plan.

  • If you plan to publish the app on the stores, it can take some time, and the camera component might cause issues due to Google/Apple policies regarding photo access.

Hope this helps, feel free to respond here if you have more questions

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Yes it’s actually quite difficult, my group decided they wanted to go with this app for my capstone course. And I’m having a hard time figuring out how to get things going. I was definitely hoping for something simple, but I decided to take charge and try to develop this. I really dont know what I’m doing at this point. I made something very simple, the camera works and it takes a picture, but the AI doesn’t really recognize what I’ve snapped (lacks precision). And I most certainly don’t know how to work with API’s. Seems like everything costs a subscription to be successful.