faris-ssj

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   by faris-ssj 9y ago

   Thanks for the feedback. Glad you found an orientation which works. I'll definitely look at ways like you mentioned to help people get into that position first time round.
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   by faris-ssj 9y ago

   Thanks a lot hluska! I'll work on those points. I'll have to work on making the pushup/'raise the roof' detection smarter. Generally I get good results when I face the webcam whilst on the floor such that when I pus
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   by faris-ssj 9y ago

   Haha, the alarm is quite annoying. I have custom alarm sounds as a todo now. My reasons for using React: Speed of development: I work with react nearly everyday at work, so a lot of its usage has become muscle memory. React abstracts away t
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   by faris-ssj 9y ago

   No, I did try that but it was too slow. I will write up an article once I have improved it if people are interested in. In a nutshell, I take a stream of frames from the camera, then do a diff on the frames to see what has moved, I then see
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   by faris-ssj 9y ago

   I've been working on a web app which counts your pushups via your webcam. You place your laptop/phone on the floor, do pushups whilst looking at the camera, and the app counts how many you do. I integrated this functionality into
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   Show HN: Pushup alarm – A React app that uses your webcam to count pushups(pushupalarm.com)

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