Alarming Cushion Designed by Researchers to Warn You Against Sedentary Lifestyle

Australian researchers at the University of Queensland's human movement studies developed the alarming cushion, a unique device that enables you to get warning against the sedentary lifestyle. This cushion provides you with the warning signals against the risks which are being posed by the inactive lifestyle. The device reminds people or those workers especially who spend several hours at their desks and seldom stand up.

The study conducted found out that sitting for several hours amounted to health issues such as obesity, shoulder, neck and back injuries, diabetes as well as obesity. Also, sitting for several hours continuously led to reduced life expectancy, even in case of those people who are considered physically fit and active.

The alarming cushion device actually records the sitting time of the employees and the time when they get up. This is done by making use of the medical grade pressure sensor as well as custom-built micro-controller.
 
There is a mechanism built within the sensor and it is being set in order to sound the alarm in case the person remains seated continuously for a longer duration or predetermined time period. The alarm thereafter stops when person gets up. Again the alarm would be reactivated in case a person sits down just in certain seconds.

Researchers who have used the device explored that employees spent more than two-third of their time period sitting at their desks. Improvement of the health of employees could be achieved through measurement of workplace behaviour, the researchers found out.