#ShellHacks2018

Created By:
Enrique Espinet, 
Alex Commas, 
Steven Villa, 
Omar Guerra


## Inspiration --- Inspiration came from the Google challenge to use the Vision API to bring cultures together.

## What it does --- Users are able to upload an image of a dish and Cultura will determine where the dish comes from and include a short excerpt about the culture.

## How I built it --- Cultura was built using Java and Gradle with Android studio, the Google Vision API, and the Wikipedia API

## Challenges I ran into --- The app was originally supposed to be a react/node web app, but node was giving us issues with Google Vision API since it is still in beta, so we decided to use the more stable Android Studio version

## Accomplishments that I'm proud of --- We were able to get to train the Google Vision APi to accurately recognize food from several cultures

## What I learned -- To leverage the several API's to get an app running and the ability to meet a deadline despite issues that may come 

## What's next for Cultura -- We would like to Google maps integration in order for users to get restaurant recommendations in addition to the educational culture excerps.