Sensor buzzes you until you stop slouching

Sitting in front of the computer for hours hardly promotes good posture, but as those afflicted by debilitating neck and back pain know, good posture is important even when sitting down. There are a number of chair exercises you can do to alleviate some of that strain placed on your neck, shoulders and back, but the best sitting position according to a study, is not really sitting up straight at a 90-degree angle but reclining at a 135 degree angle.

Yes, it turns out sitting back is better for your spine when you're sitting in front of the computer, but how do we maintain the best posture when walking, standing, riding a bike, or surfing the Web on a laptop? Besides applying a dose of common sense, there are a few gadgets out there designed to monitor your posture like the Visomate USB Posture Reminder and the anti-slouching shirt. But a more practical solution is here at last and it's appropriately called iPosture.

Strangely, the small iPosture sensor looks like a tiny smoking alarm and can be worn as a stylish pendant, a sticky skin pad, or under your shirt to buzz you when you unconsciously slouch. To program the wearable nano-sensor, you have to place your upper body at the desired position, press a button, and then try to maintain good posture. If your body deviates a few degrees from your chosen posture, the sensor immediately detects it and vibrates until your correct yourself.

I'm sure this would get annoying after the first hour, but those of you wishing to improve their posture with something like this can buy the nano-sensor in different colors for a $100 over at iPosture.com.