Caution! You Are Not Sitting Right!: A Pad That Guides You To The Right Sitting Posture Hayfa Khaled Al Bassam, Aminah Saleh AlSaihati, Tyma Mohammed Hezam
Dhahran Ahliyya School, Dammam, Eastern Province, SAUDI ARABIA
Many people in the world think that sitting with your back forced up right is the ideal sitting posture... Well, its not! The wrong sitting posture leads to hazardous short and long term effects, which vary from head-aches to scoliosis.
After researching that most back problems are caused by the wrong sitting posture, we thought that if we designed a medical solution to alert humans of a better sitting posture, it will reduce back pain and prevent any future back-aches. “The Back Pad†we`ve created helps reduce back-aches and prevent any future back maladies, which affects over 80% of persons over the age of 18.
The Back Pad`s working strategy is when the user sits correctly, the LED will activate to notify the user that hisher sitting posture is fine, if the posture is not correct, LED will not activate. The right sitting posture is defined by 4 force-pressure sensors that are placed on the spots that should be pressured while sitting the right posture. These pressure sensors are placed in locations that have been researched as the most critical posture areas for a healthy backbone. Also, we`ve attached a timer, which rings every 20 minutes, to remind users to maintain the right sitting posture.
To prove that the Back Pad works, we measured the user`s pain before and after using the pad with the help of a pain scale. With calculating and analyzing, we assured that the pad is the perfect solution for any back maladies.