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EZTouch Cookbook

IDEA Hacks 2021:

Anna Anderson & Isha Gonugunta

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Who we are

Computer Engineering UCLA

Roommates!

Best friends (duh)

IDEA Hacks committee members

Fans of Glee

I designed this overlay hehe

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What is EZTouch?

  • We've both had bad experiences in the kitchen when our hands have been too messy to flip a page or swipe through a recipe on our phones.
  • EZTouch Cookbook is meant to combat this problem by allowing us to access recipes in a low contact manner.

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How does it work?

  • EZTouch displays the ingredients and steps of recipes at the user's request.
  • The 4 seven segment digit display shows either the step number or ingredient quantity, and the OLED display shows the paired text.
  • The user finds their desired recipe through the accompanying mobile app, and sends it to EZTouch via Bluetooth connection enabled by the ESP32.
  • To switch between the ingredient and instructions settings, the user flips the slider switch on the device.
  • To go to the next ingredient or instruction, the user can press the "next" button, designed for the back of the hand or elbow.

Button

Display

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App

  • Android studio developed
  • Utilizes Spoonacular API to perform recipe queries based on ingredients or key words
  • Shows top ten results, displaying image and title
  • Once recipe is selected, sends steps/ingredients of recipe in arrays of strings at the user’s request over Bluetooth

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Video Demo

https://youtu.be/aJ_jZ32KXi8

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Challenges we faced

  • Due to time constraints we were not able to complete the Bluetooth data transfer.
  • We ran into too many obstacles with the hardware and software individually, and were not left with enough time to fully integrate them.

Us at approx 4:37am

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Future prospects

  • We hope to get the Bluetooth functionality up and running
  • We also hope to design housing for our device with proper resources and make it fully functional in the kitchen