Sit in front of the system, start typing, slouch, feel guilty, straighten up, improve your posture, two minutes, slouch and slouch and then that’s about it. You have a terminal bad posture and you are doing everything that you must not, to your body. Bad posture can lead to various physical ailments and can contribute to backpain and many other disorders. The VISOMATE USB Position Sensor Alarm is meant to alert you when you slouch or bend and do not have a healthy posture.

It can be connected on top of your monitor thanks to the USB cable and you don’t even have to install any software. The LED light automatically switches on once you activate the posture correction sensor. It comes with 2 sensors, a distance indicator; close up alarm indicator, clip cable holder, double sided tape and a mute button. When you slouch, the alarm will go off and alert you to sit straight.

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People, young and old, have the bad habit of slouching instead of sitting in an upright and good posture. What results from this could be many ailments including back pain, knee joint pain, neck pain etc. It could also result in a lot of stress, as bad posture is directly proportional to the stress you feel while you are sitting. Having said all this, we must say that now there is an intelligent device that warns you when you are sitting in a bad posture and reminds you to not slouch.

iPosture is one such device that vibrates intermittently when you slouch and stops only when you sit properly. It is designed to be worn for approximately 4 hours a day and you will learn to sit in a good posture without assistance after sometime. You can later reduce the number of hours you wear iPosture. The device costs $99.95 and is really good if you want to develop a better posture and avoid many maladies.

Via: GizmoDiva