UpBack

Inspiration

We just realized how badly we suffered from spine and neck pains sitting in front of our computers at the beginning of the hackathon and decided to create our project.

What it does

Our app tracks your posture and working environment conditions(e.g. lighting) and guides you to improve them.

How we built it

We use our knowledge in computer vision, web development, and design to create an easy-in-use app that helps people to make their working environment more health-friendly.

Challenges we ran into

First of all, online hackathon was something new and unusual. For us, in-person communication is exactly what makes hackathons such a fun place.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are most proud of the fact that we build a fully working app from the ground up. It’s not been an easy road, but we have stuck with it and continued to grow functionality. Now we have a fully functional friendly team. It’s this desire to continue to grow and achieve that has kept us going to sort out all difficulties.

What we learned

The biggest thing we learned is how to do 24-hour projects remotely. It's surprising but slack communications and trello board are not going to help with that.