Investigating How Learners Can Improve Their Posture

The Project

Aim: Developing a device using a micro:bit that will hopefully help learners maintain or help learners have good posture, by alerting the person when sitting at incorrect posture angles. This project focuses on helping children become more aware of their posture. The experiment uses a micro:bit to detect the angles at which learners are sitting and to encourage better posture habits. The weight of learners’ school bags will also be recorded to determine how heavy the bags they carry are. The micro:bit can sense different angles and will vibrate when the learner’s posture moves beyond the correct posture angle. The vibration serves as a gentle reminder for the learner to adjust and correct their posture. The aim of the project is to help learners become more conscious of their posture and reduce the negative effects of poor sitting habits and heavy school bags.

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