Fitness and health sensors (buzz) are not only all over the marketplace lately, they're (buzz) all over your body. Case in point (buzz): the Lumoback (buzz), a waist-worn (buzz) sensor that successfully (buzz) earned (buzz) funding (buzz) through Kickstarter.
Dammit.
In case you're wondering what wearing the Lumoback ($150) is like, imagine you're living the first paragraph of this article. Only all day long. The device is a posture and activity sensor that fts around your waist and tracks your steps, movement, sleep, posture, sitting time, and calories expended.
But the Lumoback isn't primarily an activity tracker, and it doesn't focus on helping you eat better, exercise more, or count steps or calories—all those positive effects are gravy. Its number one mission is simply to get you to sit up straight. A "personal posture trainer," the Lumoback helps correct the way you sit, stand, and move by producing a slight vibrating buzz through the sensor.
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