PostureCorrect | Devpost

Inspiration

Many people in the world suffer from Posture Related issues. Studies have shown that 50-80% Of Americans Suffer from Posture Related issues. This is a serious problem as they would develop spine curvature,  back pain, neck pain and headaches. It would also cause fatigue, indigestion, a lack of motivation, and many more.

What it does

We came up with PostureCorrect- A computer application which runs in the background and uses your computer’s webcam to check if your posture is incorrect. If so, it will send you a notification or a popup, depending on the user’s preference, and details on how to have a better posture.

How I built it

PostureCorrect uses a teachable machine(a machine learning website) to train the neural network to detect bad posture from good ones. Currently, our project can only detect good and bad posture in percentages and does not help with the correction of posture.

Challenges I ran into

Throughout this hackathon, Our group faced countless challenges. With the most notable on at the ideation stage. Our group had so many plausible ideas and due to our group’s indecisiveness, it took almost half a day to narrow down our idea and finally choose this idea.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

However, we have also accomplished many things. For example, this is the first time that we have actually trained a Machine Learning Model to create something.

What I learned

Throughout this hackathon, we have learnt many things. To name one, it would be how to develop a solution using Machine Learning, and how to train a Machine Learning Model. Through the different Workshops, we have also learnt countless things.