SD Hacks 2019
SD Hacks 2019
yourta.online
Which UC Campus is best at recycling?
yourTA’s goal is to embed various sensors within all major campus recycling bins.
These sensors include passive infrared (PIR), photoresistors, and ultrasonic to
determine when a new item has entered a bin and that a new capture needs to be
taken. A dynamic web server will incorporate this data into realtime analysis and
feature a leaderboard for comparing recycling efficiency among the ten UC campuses.
Instead of focusing on the rate at which recycling bins are filled, photo
recognition will also determine the quality of recycling. Photos of the items
entering a recycling bin will be taken and analyzed to determine whether it is
a legitimate item that can be reprocessed. Items that fail will reduce the
the overall grade of the campus.