Gizmodo: posture

This Is Not Proper Computer Use Posture

Jason Chen — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:00:00 EDT

What's even worse is that she's typing in Dvorak. [Girls With Flexibility (Slightly NSFW)]

Scary Looking Vertical Traction Kit For Neck Pain

Sean Fallon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:30:00 EST

This device certainly isn't new, but it's one of those obscure, scary looking medical contraptions that make you feel uncomfortable just looking at it.

The prescription kit is intended to treat neck disorders by stretching the muscles and spinal column using a counterweight bag filed with water and a sling. I'm sure it provides relief, but the design is juuuust a little off-putting. [Spinalbrace via Core77]

iPosture Now Shocking Backs Straight In the United States

Elaine Chow — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:45:00 EST

Looks like the U.S. will get its own chance to experience the joys of posture correctors/torture devices—the iPosture, which consists of an one-inch button that attaches to your clothes and vibrates when you slouch, is now available States-side for $90. Using it for four hours a day for the first two to four weeks will apparently buzz you into having great posture. Man, and I thought myback brace was based on iffy science. [iPosture via CrunchGear]

iPosture Will De-Quasimodo Your Sorry Self

Mark Wilson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:30:00 EDT

It's probably too late to remedy our self-induced scoliosis, but the iPosture looks promising all the same. It's a 1-inch button that can attach to a variety of garments (like a bra strap or even a necklace) and vibrates when your posture succumbs to the heavy weight of gravity/your underwhelming life. Then you pull back your shoulders and straighten your back until you start to slouch and the cycle repeats. Not a bad idea, but we'd need a painful electroshock component to ever take the thing that seriously enough. [iPosture via Ubergizmo]

Ergoskin Orthopedic Underwear Prevents You From Becoming a Hunchbacked Freak

Sean Fallon — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:30:00 EDT

The Ergoskin is one of those far out concepts that will probably never see the light of day, but the fact that poor posture is a common problem (especially amongst us computer nerds) makes this unique solution intriguing. The design utilizes sensors woven directly into fabric at special points along the body—sensors that deliver small electrical impulses when the body has assumed an less than ideal posture for too long.

Over a period of time, this process would "train" the body to maintain good posture. Again, it is unlikely that the Ergoskin will ever become a real world product, but it is clear something needs to be done. After all, the Quasimodo look is far from flattering. [UAA Vienna via Talk2MyShirt via DVICE]

Posture Alarm Makes Your Spine Like The Queen of England's

msparkes — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:12:57 EDT

When I was a kid my parents constantly told me to sit up straight and stop slouching. This generation of parents is lucky, they have a gadget that can automatically force children to sit uncomfortably. The slouch alarm will make an annoying noise if you start to deviate from the vertical, making you hold yourself like the Queen of England at all times. It also tells the time. They're available from DealExtreme for $8.43. [Oh Gizmo]

Visomate Vision, Posture Reminder is like a Nagging Mom

Travis Hudson — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:17:48 EST

The Visomate Vision and Posture corrector does just that. This USB device sits atop your display and will monitor your posture and vision. It will flash an LED if you are sitting incorrectly and also does the same when you are too close to the monitor. It retails for $26 and I may have to invest in it. I spend the majority of the day in front of the computer, half of the time I'm hunched over the keyboard, the other half I'm slouching and I know I'll be kicking my own ass at the age of 40 if I don't fix this now. –Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via ubergizmo]

USB Vision and Posture Reminder

Charlie White — Wed, 17 May 2006 09:14:20 EDT

We've seen some stupid USB devices before, but this one sets a new level of uselessness. Hire your own personal nag-bot with Homi, a USB vision and posture reminder from USB Geek that will nag you just like your grandmother used to do. It uses an ultrasonic sensor to determine how far away you are from the monitor, reminding you with various flashing lights and chimes when you get closer than 13.7 inches to the screen. Any closer than that, and of course, you may permanently destroy your vision, eventually break your neck and ruin your life.

This is just what you need when you're pressing your nose up against the screen to get a really good close-up look at that porn—flashing green and red lights and chimes to let you know you're getting too close, buster. Why not just get a device that slaps you up-side-the-head? A complete waste of $27.

Product Page [USB Geek]