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iPosture Will De-Quasimodo Your Sorry Self
Posted by Mark Wilson at 2:30 AM on August 19, 2008
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]
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Munch the BanNail
Posted 3:10 AM 19/8/08
*Sweater-puppies sold separately
Munch the BanNail
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 3:09 AM 19/8/08
@Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish: Or someone who can fix your subluxations for 75 dollars a visit.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
Posted 3:07 AM 19/8/08
@Vibhorsir: Especially when you can pay some bum to smack you in the spine with a broom handle for a mere sandwich.
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
Vibhorsir
Posted 3:01 AM 19/8/08
This actually looks pretty good for people like me who need to be reminded constantly to straighten up our backs. The only turn off is that it's 100 dollars.
Vibhorsir
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 2:49 AM 19/8/08
I watched something on TV last night on BBC America about large breasts and learned why ill fitting bras can affect your posture and cause pain. Not that I need to know this, b/c I don't have enough to require support.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Hectorvex
Posted 2:46 AM 19/8/08
@Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish: Gross, now I see it attached to hairy balls. I don't want to read your mind anymore.
Hectorvex
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
Posted 2:44 AM 19/8/08
@Hectorvex: Same. Agreed. I see it too. You're reading my mind.
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
Hectorvex
Posted 2:37 AM 19/8/08
For some reason all I can picture is chicks with big boobs constantly vibrating...
Hectorvex
dsenier
Posted 2:33 AM 19/8/08
Wow it looks like placement is everything. I can certainly see how this could improve my posture.
dsenier
whatnot22
Posted 3:35 AM 19/8/08
Can it keep me from looking down at her chest while talking to her? Who want that anyway?
whatnot22
godwhacker
Posted 3:17 AM 19/8/08
@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity:
i think $75.00 a visit makes this thingy a bargain, depending on how many visits you are talking about.
and i think that subluxation sounds dirty, therefore i like it.(i did look up the definition)
godwhacker
Curves
Posted 3:53 AM 19/8/08
@whatnot22: Speaking as a "Breasted American", the women you work with would like you to maintain eye contact. If you must look, at least be discreet and do it when we are not looking. Staring at "sweater puppies" in a bar will just tag you as a "loser" in the eyes of the lady, but doing it at work will ruin your career.
Curves
shorty63136
Posted 3:47 AM 19/8/08
*rolls eyes* I'd buy this. Boobs are heavy, man. *sits up straight in chair*
shorty63136
UrIt
Posted 4:05 AM 19/8/08
but i like my bad posture, i don't sit at a real desk, i sit on a stool. the slouching comforts me.
and people that sit up straight scare me, it's like they never relax...
UrIt
biofreak
Posted 4:36 AM 19/8/08
lol i read it as iProstitute the first time.
biofreak
DeanOfAllTrades
Posted 4:30 AM 19/8/08
This is a joke right?
DeanOfAllTrades
Conrad
Posted 4:29 AM 19/8/08
Earth Shoes work really well at helping you stand up straight. I got them for work, and they cut back on back pain from slouching. They aren't cheap though.
Conrad
Monty
Posted 5:01 AM 19/8/08
Have we all gotten so used to "i" products that no one complains about the naming anymore? Or, was that on the list of things we can't talk about in the comments section? Oh well, someone shoot me an email when iSlouch is released.
Monty
cmantito
Posted 5:00 AM 19/8/08
All I think when I see it is what... "alternative uses"... it may be employed for...
cmantito
CEOself
Posted 5:00 AM 19/8/08
^--- That didn't work
[blogs.edweek.org]
CEOself
CEOself
Posted 5:00 AM 19/8/08
Cheaper...
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CEOself
eblingmis
Posted 6:22 AM 19/8/08
Go to a chriropractor 3 times and you will feel a difference. I also do 'touch your toes" stretches and another exercise and my posture is better.
eblingmis
ups
Posted 6:58 AM 19/8/08
100 bucks! These guys are crazy!
Just waiting for some DIY version...
ups
SF_iris
Posted 12:02 PM 19/8/08
@ups: Yeah, it's called my boyfriend. He doesn't mind giving my back some relief by providing some extra support.
SF_iris