Pushup alarm
Consumer and social
fitness alarm
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
7 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 7 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Performance: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Idea is fun and motivating; works well for some users
From 3 comments
Feedback: - I flat out love the idea. I have a two year old and for me, the biggest thing that I've noticed about parenting is that it's made working out harder. I love food, so…
hluska on HNNice job. Worked for me without having to fiddle with the camera or anything. Well done!
stevenking86 on HNThis is a cool idea! The pushup detection works ok for me. A couple of minor issues I noticed: - In my browser (firefox), the time on the main page overflows the black background…
supermdguy on HN
Client-side processing without sending video to server is good for privacy
From 2 comments
I only took a brief look, but I was pleased to find that this seems to count the pressups client-side and doesn't send off a video feed to the server. Good job.
jstanley on HNI like that it's all local by default. The ML practitioner in me though craves an option to share frame data so that you can build a deeplearn.js compatible network and…
iandanforth on HN
Objections
Pushup detection is inaccurate; misses real pushups and counts non-pushup movements
From 4 comments
Feedback: - I flat out love the idea. I have a two year old and for me, the biggest thing that I've noticed about parenting is that it's made working out harder. I love food, so…
hluska on HNReally love the idea, I've been planning on working on my calisthenics and this was the best thing I've ran across, however, I do have some problems with it. - I realized that…
razer31961 on HNI just moved up and down and it detected that as a push up
sparaker on HNI was able to fool it by doing pushups off my desk, though I was impressed that it worked at all.
vxNsr on HN
Alarm sound is annoying and possibly harmful to hearing
From 2 comments
Feedback: - I flat out love the idea. I have a two year old and for me, the biggest thing that I've noticed about parenting is that it's made working out harder. I love food, so…
hluska on HNfeedback: - annoying sound! Not motivational. Instead, have snooze option when detecting movement (but activate alarm again if no pushups). This also allows for some warmup. -…
vinchuco on HN
Requires floor placement of the camera, which is awkward
From 2 comments
Really love the idea, I've been planning on working on my calisthenics and this was the best thing I've ran across, however, I do have some problems with it. - I realized that…
razer31961 on HNI couldn't try it because there is no space near my webcam that I can nock out some pushups but I did set the alarm to see. But it looks like a great idea! It might not work for…
throwaway2016a on HN
Requests
Allow custom alarm sounds
From 2 comments
Feedback: - I flat out love the idea. I have a two year old and for me, the biggest thing that I've noticed about parenting is that it's made working out harder. I love food, so…
hluska on HNI couldn't try it because there is no space near my webcam that I can nock out some pushups but I did set the alarm to see. But it looks like a great idea! It might not work for…
throwaway2016a on HN
Add snooze when movement is detected
From 1 comment
feedback: - annoying sound! Not motivational. Instead, have snooze option when detecting movement (but activate alarm again if no pushups). This also allows for some warmup. -…
vinchuco on HN
Show form outline or countdown while exercising
From 2 comments
Really love the idea, I've been planning on working on my calisthenics and this was the best thing I've ran across, however, I do have some problems with it. - I realized that…
razer31961 on HNfeedback: - annoying sound! Not motivational. Instead, have snooze option when detecting movement (but activate alarm again if no pushups). This also allows for some warmup. -…
vinchuco on HN
Questions
How does the detection work, and does it use face recognition?
From 2 comments
Does this use facial recognition? That is, do you have to actually face the camera, or does it simply use some basic object recognition to determine if something is moving up and…
salmonfamine on HNso it works by identifying the location of your face/head?
sua_3000 on HN
Alternatives named
100 Pushups All Star iOS app using face detection
From 1 comment
I built an iOS app that does this exact same thing a few years ago: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/100-pushups-all-star/id708510497?mt=8 It uses face detection to determine a…
beatboxrevival on HN
Runtastic Push-Ups iOS app using nose touch or proximity sensor
From 1 comment
Runtastic Push-Ups on iOS counts pushups either with touch input (nose touches screen) or the proximity sensor (you get close enough but your nose doesn’t quite hit the screen).
eyeino on HN
RepCam iOS fitness computer-vision app
From 1 comment
We've been working on RepCam [1], built in react-native -- it's currently iOS only, as we found activation energy to use it on a laptop to be too high. Real-time computer vision…
keerthiko on HN