The “Accelerator. It’s IT time” project has been completed at the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation. Teams of participants worked on technological projects in the IT field, and the industrial partners selected those students' developments that might become an indispensable part of the new technological reality. ne of the winning projects was a device aimed at correcting the posture of schoolchildren
- This development is a corset that gives a vibration response when a person slouches. The user receives a vibration warning letting him or her know that it is necessary to straighten up, and if the person has not straightened up after 30 seconds, they receive a second warning. If this did not help, the corset brings the posture to the correct position and holds it for a while, - says Yulia Maliavina, the author of the project.
The main difference from existing analogues is that the corset does not just remind you that it's time to straighten your shoulders, but forms the correct posture. IT brings the posture to a normal position almost without any human intervention and holds it.
In the process of working on the project, the team constantly consulted with an experienced orthopedic doctor. The work went on gradually - first the team developed the corset itself, and then a mobile application with basic functions was created. With its help, the principle of gamification was implemented: the game approach allows you to interest the user, especially children and teenagers who are the target audience of this product. The application reminds of the familiar game "tamagotchi" - in order to feed a pet, the user performs a series of physical exercises to form posture. You can also use Bluetooth to transfer data to a mobile app to track your results and get motivated to use this robotic device.
