The concept :
The Cheapest app will make you save a lot of money. Moreover the principe is every easy : if you want to buy a product, you just have to take it in photo and to transfer this photo on the app. Then, thanks to Artificial Intelligence, the app will compare this product on each website where it is available, and give you the one which propose the best price. You just have to click on the link and to buy it !
Thus, the principle consists in saving time and money to the users. With this application, people will no longer need to compare the different websites themselves (time saving), and they will be immediately offered the website where the product is the cheapest (money saving).
Steps to use the service :
1) Download the app "The Cheapest".
2) Take a picture of the item you would like to buy.
3) Download it on the app
4) The app will make a quick comparison of all the sites that sell this item.
5) You will receive the link to the site that sells the object at the lowest price.
6) Then you only have to click on buy !
Artificial intelligence make you save money !
The technologies involved :
If this application exists, it is first of all thanks to artificial intelligence. Indeed, artificial intelligence allows image recognition, which is what will enable the app to identify your object on different sites.
To learn a little more about image recognition, I advise you to visit this site: Using AI for image recognition
You can also learn more about image recognition with artificial intelligence by watching this video : How image recognition works
Now, let's see concretely how to code this application...
How to code it ?
To create such an application, it is necessary to use ml5js. ml5.js is a JS library which aims to make machine learning approachable for a broad audience of artists, creative coders, and students. The library provides access to machine learning algorithms and models in the browser.
To begin with, you can familiarize yourself with ml5js thanks to this video : A Beginner's Guide to Machine Learning with ml5.js.
You can also visit this website, which will you help a lot to start using ml5.js : Get started with ml5js
Our competitors :
Software for product comparison already exists : Price.com, for example. Price.com is a next generation shopping comparison app that helps you find the best deals, discounts, and affordable alternatives for any product online, including Fashion, Games & Electronics, Health Products, Furniture & Appliances, Musical Instruments, Sporting Equipment and Pet Supplies.
But we think that our application is much better since it is possible to take pictures of the items to find exactly the same product. Indeed, on Price.com, you can't use photos and you always have to type the name of a product to find the cheapest reseller website. But with our application, we won't need to do that anymore, so even if we don't know the name or brand of a product, artificial intelligence will find it for us.