h a l f b a k e r y"My only concern is that it wouldn't work, which I see as a problem."
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exercise timer
The computer watches you do repetitive exercise, then counts for you, giving a green light when it is time to change activities. | |
My perception of exercise is that with each new motion sometimes there is like a count to 20 or something like that.
Now if a computer were to notice the person exercising, then notice when 20 repetitions, or 20 seconds had passed, then gave a green light to cue the person, then the persons mind
could be saying something other than "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11, 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20"
This could possibly permit new kinds of thoughts while exercising rather than "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11, 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20"
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When practicing yoga, one of the whole points is to also pay
attention to your breathing, and the amount of breaths
and/or duration of breath, should dictate how long or how
short, you may intend to hold a certain pose. |
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It doesn't really have any set time, or such. It's all in the
breath. |
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[+] change it up a bit : do the first 20 prime numbers, or recite the Greek alphabet backwards. |
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[blissmiss] is right about yoga. The idea goes better with just western style exercises ...so i changed the title! |
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[beany] old bean, this is actually a complete box-
tick of an idea. Coherent - yes. Grammatically
acceptable - yes. Useful - yes. Feasible - perhaps
(but I won't hold that against you). |
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It would need a moderate degree of image
processing to notice the repetition, across a wide
range of exercises, but it ought to be doable.
Possibly even doable using a smartphone. |
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In fact, hang on a second. Why not just carry or
wear the smartphone, and have it track
accelerations? Probably easier (computationally),
with the bonus that it wouldn't matter if you
turned or moved over the course of several
repeats. |
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[mb] your thoughts go well with making this an iWatch app. |
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Yes, that could work. Anyone here know how to
write an app? |
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Thank you beanie, I am all things yoga. |
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This idea does not involve explosives at all, so my bun is fairly reluctant. |
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//This idea does not involve explosives at all// |
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Not quite true. A smartphone would probably be
capable of detecting violent movements. Therefore,
it could also be used to monitor the number of
successful suicide bombings you'd done. |
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Better use a bombproof phone for that. |
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Well, that's Samsung off the tender list, then ... |
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//the Greek alphabet backwards// |
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That would be 24, not 20 - discounting the digamma... and the rough breathing, which probably ought to be included, given the context. |
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You are correct. Yoga is not exercise. Yoga is a lifestyle. |
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