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🏆 Winner of MLH Track: Best Use of MongoDB Atlas, GirlHacks 2025

🌱 CarbonLens: Sustainable Shopping in AR

CarbonLens is an AR-powered app that makes environmental impact visible while you shop. Point your camera at products to see carbon footprint, water usage, food miles, and packaging impact in real time.

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🎯 Problem

Shoppers make decisions blind to environmental costs. CarbonLens makes impacts visible, educates users, suggests sustainable alternatives, and gamifies eco-friendly choices.


✨ Core Features

  • AI product recognition & barcode scanning
  • AR overlays with color-coded impact auras
  • Environmental analytics (CO₂, water, miles, packaging)
  • Shopping mode with list impact + alternatives
  • Gamified achievements & sustainability score

🛠️ Tech Stack

  • React Native + TypeScript
  • Express.js
  • Gemini AI (Carbon Footprint Analysis)
  • ZXing library (barcode scanning)

🚀 Quick Start (Web Prototype)

git clone https://github.com/your-username/carbonlens.git
cd carbonlens/web-prototype
npm install
node http-server.js

Visit https://localhost:3000 and accept the security certificate for camera access.


Make sustainable choices with AR! 🌱📱

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