Re:Ask HN: What sucks about snow shovels?
by comatose_kid on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @06:48PM
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Random thoughts:
1) Pulling is generally easier than pushing. Perhaps this could be helpful in designing a variation.
2) Turn shoveling into a game. Perhaps a small lcd display that keeps track of how many pounds you shoveled, how many calories burned, time spent.
Or you could have challenges - eg, shovel 10 times in the next 20 seconds. etc.
3) Could you use an accelerometer to determine if the shoveler had bad posture?
1) Pulling is generally easier than pushing. Perhaps this could be helpful in designing a variation.
2) Turn shoveling into a game. Perhaps a small lcd display that keeps track of how many pounds you shoveled, how many calories burned, time spent. Or you could have challenges - eg, shovel 10 times in the next 20 seconds. etc.
3) Could you use an accelerometer to determine if the shoveler had bad posture?