I love this idea, but maybe you can put the picture of what it is right at the top. I had to watch a minute of video to figure it out, and would never go that far for a non-HN link in the wild.
Show HN: Movably – Protect your health, move more while you work
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Re: Show HN: Movably – Protect your health, move more while you work
#22Hi HN, I am one of the founders at https://www.movably.com/ . If you work at a desk for extended periods you may have heard the call to “move more” or that "the best posture is your next posture". The problem is we also have to get our work done. That’s what we are solving with our smart interactive chair. Research shows that moving more often is one of the most effective ways to prevent the health problems caused by…
Your landing page says there are studies. Where are the doi's or links to check those studies?
We finished the research study late last year and it should be published sometime this year. Happy to share the report, email me, mark at movably dot com.
Everyone absolutely should be skeptical. I have tried a lot of chairs, the most recent which allowed me to re-position most was the Hag Capisco. But to some extent it still would interrupt focus. I have also found almost no research studies showing effectiveness of ergonomic chair designs, but would love pointers to any others that may exist.
Re: Show HN: Movably – Protect your health, move more while you work
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Could you please elaborate on how you sit. Do you have different positions? Do you spread your legs or alternate ...etc
I switch around positions a lot. Everything from Indian style, to butt on floor one knee up, sometimes knees on floor, butt sitting on my feet. Sometimes leaning back on the couch. One other thing that has had a huge impact is that I cut a piece of foam roller about 10 inches wide and I roll my back on it 2-3 times per day, sometimes I just lay on it and just reverse stretch my back, and also massage my neck and shou…
Thank you much
Re: Show HN: Movably – Protect your health, move more while you work
#24Your desk and your chair need a power outlet nowadays. What a time to be alive! Looks interesting. Definitely too expensive for my personal use. I hope I'll get to test it one day. Also, there are pictures on the website of people having quite non ergonomic setups. I know the focus is the chair but it's a weird contrast of a high tech ergonomic solution next to an obvious, bad work setup choices (example being the sl…
There is a one outlet path! We do work fine with manual height adjustable desks, because you no longer need to change desk heights because sitting, standing, etc. work at one height. We have talked about a manual version, it may be a good idea too, but the part that really makes it all work is the automatic prompts and all you need to do is move to the new position and the chair is ready to support that.
And yes, we do need to reshoot those photos, you are absolutely right. Arms need to be closer to 90 degrees, top of screen at about eye level would put it in the right position.
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#25To be honest, it IS a problem for a lot of people and they search around the internet. I did myself, and I never found a good solution but would have paid big money for one, and probably tried this one as well.
LMAO. New account, check. Presents a problem without solution that this products solves, check.
Re: Show HN: Movably – Protect your health, move more while you work
#26This is something that will definitely have a market. I actually started to work in my bed because I hated sitting in the chair. I might not revert, but from time to time I felt that anything would be better than just sit there trying to shift positions. In fact I'm sure many people go to stores to look for "comfortable chairs". As a note you might want to try selling on AdWords with "butt pain" etc. as people do sea…
Thanks, this is part of what set me on working on this. I had a bike accident years ago, an L2 compression fracture, and from them on could not tolerate sitting as long. Today we seem to be so focused on finding the most adjustable & comfortable chair, but those aspects exactly are meant to put you in one position you might stay in the longest, which may be the opposite of what we actually need.
Re: Show HN: Movably – Protect your health, move more while you work
#27Hi HN, I am one of the founders at https://www.movably.com/ . If you work at a desk for extended periods you may have heard the call to “move more” or that "the best posture is your next posture". The problem is we also have to get our work done. That’s what we are solving with our smart interactive chair. Research shows that moving more often is one of the most effective ways to prevent the health problems caused by…
i’d love to try it. do you need a beta tester in the US 10003? i wfh, am a ux designer.
Thanks, we have some chairs circulating in your area, or at leas can try to arrange one for you to try nearby. If you sign up we will follow up: https://movably.typeform.com/to/Nyo8603J
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#28I don’t get how this is better than a standing desk. People will make the same positions as they are here naturally when using a standing desk, and it costs $500 instead of $2000, and it doesn’t look silly.
The standing desk is a part of it, but a majority of standing desks are not used for the intended purpose- to switch form sitting to standing more frequently. The problem is a combination of the time and distraction, and also just forgetting to do so. The problem we feel is to solve is how to enable more movement, without interrupting work, in way that is easy to adopt.
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#29It's a chair. Get up. Move around.
Re: Show HN: Movably – Protect your health, move more while you work
#30Or you can step away from your desk, go for a stroll, get some fresh air!
Not only good for your body, but you'll likely get back to the problem you're working on with a fresh perspective and end up more productive in the long run...