Childhood Obesity and The Future of Smart Homes

[tp4tissue]

Pretty straight forward..


You take a wifi enabled exercise bike.

It tracks exercise intensity/ duration



Pedal for 25 minutes at a certain intensity, per 1 day for base computer privileges.

The PC will have a PSU which does not turn on until the Kid has exercised for a minimum of 25 minutes on the Wifi bike.





And then You have a basic vending machine you fill with snacks..

Any time the child wants a snack, the vending machine polls the bike..  If the kid pedals the bike another 10 minutes,  he could get a mars bar, or a bag of chips..




This stuff works with lots of lab animals..  don't see why they can't make this straight forward adaptation to small-humans.

[SpAmRaY]

How about wifi only works when peddling??

But for smart home, I can't get everyone to leave the light switches alone versus yelling at alexa.

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[tp4tissue]

How about wifi only works when peddling??

But for smart home, I can't get everyone to leave the light switches alone versus yelling at alexa.

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Well you want it to stay powered so it can keep record and maybe have a powerful cpu for more complicated conditional handles.


The most important thing though, is that this will teach young people the DIRECT relation between Food and Exercise..

And once they reach adulthood,  there will BE NO CONFUSION, as to why there's a mass increase..



It's difficult to explain that exercising 10 minutes at high intensity (bike) is ~100 calories to young people..

But if they get on the smart bike,

they'll see,  if they want the funsize doritos,  it's 9 minutes, 

or if they want a fun size kitkat  it's 7 minutes.

[noisyturtle]

OR, crazy idea, actually be a ****ing parent and regulate what your kid eats instead of relying on some AI algorithm do do your parenting for you.

[tp4tissue]

OR, crazy idea, actually be a ****ing parent and regulate what your kid eats instead of relying on some AI algorithm do do your parenting for you.

It's not working.. We've got gastric bypass for kids now.. !!

[noisyturtle]

OR, crazy idea, actually be a ****ing parent and regulate what your kid eats instead of relying on some AI algorithm do do your parenting for you.

It's not working.. We've got gastric bypass for kids now.. !!

If your kid is so fat they need GP surgery you've ****ing failed as a parent. Stop acting like it's society or other people controlling your child's eating habits, that's nothing but an excuse to not do your job as a parent.

[tp4tissue]

OR, crazy idea, actually be a ****ing parent and regulate what your kid eats instead of relying on some AI algorithm do do your parenting for you.

It's not working.. We've got gastric bypass for kids now.. !!

If your kid is so fat they need GP surgery you've ****ing failed as a parent. Stop acting like it's society or other people controlling your child's eating habits, that's nothing but an excuse to not do your job as a parent.

That's not the whole issue NT..

Think about it this way..

If children watch 3 hours of TV per day..  45 minute of that is Commercials, most about food/ candy.



How much time does a working parent have to spend with their kids talking JUST about food and health, they have to be taught other things...



It's unrealistic to expect the efforts of parent units alone to effect the changes necessary to turn back the situation.

[JP]

I like the bike idea. It should prove useful with adults as well. We are just bigger versions of lab rats.

[tp4tissue]

I like the bike idea. It should prove useful with adults as well. We are just bigger versions of lab rats.

Adults would just cheat.. hahahaha

This is to establish good habits early for young people.

[SpAmRaY]

I did see something in a news blurb about a public charging station for devices where you sit and pedal to create the power source.

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[tp4tissue]

I did see something in a news blurb about a public charging station for devices where you sit and pedal to create the power source.

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Sweating is probably the main barrier to that system..

[JP]

In my city they have 16 person peddle powered pubs. Oh right, healthy habits for children. Well just replace beer with soda...oh wait, nvm.

[tp4tissue]

In my city they have 16 person peddle powered pubs. Oh right, healthy habits for children. Well just replace beer with soda...oh wait, nvm.

Vending soda in the system is fine, it would be ~15-17 minutes peddling per can.

[YoungMichael88]

It’s a good idea and it could work. I would just rather see you get your kids on a real bicycle outside with a fitbit or some other device to track their physical activity and then feed them accordingly with a nice lunch or dinner that isn’t junk food from a vending machine. Why would you encourage your child to stay indoors on a stationary bicycle when they can get fresh air outside

EDIT: I guess what I’m saying is don’t build the tracking device into the stationary bike, but instead strap the device to the child.

[tp4tissue]

It’s a good idea and it could work. I would just rather see you get your kids on a real bicycle outside with a fitbit or some other device to track their physical activity and then feed them accordingly with a nice lunch or dinner that isn’t junk food from a vending machine. Why would you encourage your child to stay indoors on a stationary bicycle when they can get fresh air outside

EDIT: I guess what I’m saying is don’t build the tracking device into the stationary bike, but instead strap the device to the child.

That works in middle class suburbs,  but as soon as you move a little further into low income areas,  streets / open spaces are UNSAFE,  and yet these areas  are MOST affected by childhood obesity, (As high as 50%)..

So if we were to create a product that works with a wider demographic AND childproof,  it has to be a contained system that's more tamper resistant and away from the elements.

[YoungMichael88]

It’s a good idea and it could work. I would just rather see you get your kids on a real bicycle outside with a fitbit or some other device to track their physical activity and then feed them accordingly with a nice lunch or dinner that isn’t junk food from a vending machine. Why would you encourage your child to stay indoors on a stationary bicycle when they can get fresh air outside

EDIT: I guess what I’m saying is don’t build the tracking device into the stationary bike, but instead strap the device to the child.

That works in middle class suburbs,  but as soon as you move a little further into low income areas,  streets / open spaces are UNSAFE,  and yet these areas  are MOST affected by childhood obesity, (As high as 50%)..

So if we were to create a product that works with a wider demographic AND childproof,  it has to be a contained system that's more tamper resistant.

Agreed. But we don’t have to worry about tampering with fitbits or other wearables for long since it’s just a temporary measure until we all have the option to be injected with nano-bots that will control our hypothalamus and naturally occurring endocannabinoids thus controlling our appetite. We could theoretically just open our nano-bot app on our smart phones when we feel hungry, tap a button and not feel hungry anymore. Since storing fat is an obsolete part of evolution and our bodies no longer need to store fat as an insurance measure against tomorrows potentially unsuccessful hunt, these nano-bots will trick our AMP-activated protein kinase into thinking that there is never an abundance of energy available and our metabolisms simply won’t store energy as fat. This would of course be too dangerous to control ourselves so perhaps all of this information would be sent as a live data stream to our future A.I doctors to be controlled more morally and responsibly.

[tp4tissue]

Agreed. But we don’t have to worry about tampering with fitbits or other wearables for long since it’s just a temporary measure until we all have the option to be injected with nano-bots that will control our hypothalamus and naturally occurring endocannabinoids thus controlling our appetite. We could theoretically just open our nano-bot app on our smart phones when we feel hungry, tap a button and not feel hungry anymore. Since storing fat is an obsolete part of evolution and our bodies no longer need to store fat as an insurance measure against tomorrows potentially unsuccessful hunt, these nano-bots will trick our AMP-activated protein kinase into thinking that there is never an abundance of energy available and our metabolisms simply won’t store energy as fat. This would of course be too dangerous to control ourselves so perhaps all of this information would be sent as a live data stream to our future A.I doctors to be controlled more morally and responsibly.

Hahahaha..  If this was Rapture from bioshock..   You'd just dose the lil'buggers with naloxone... problem solved...  Don't even need super advanced Nanobots..

Unfortunately we don't live " where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality "


Reminds me, I haven't watched man in high-castle yet.. what's that all about, is it like bioshock ?

[YoungMichael88]

Agreed. But we don’t have to worry about tampering with fitbits or other wearables for long since it’s just a temporary measure until we all have the option to be injected with nano-bots that will control our hypothalamus and naturally occurring endocannabinoids thus controlling our appetite. We could theoretically just open our nano-bot app on our smart phones when we feel hungry, tap a button and not feel hungry anymore. Since storing fat is an obsolete part of evolution and our bodies no longer need to store fat as an insurance measure against tomorrows potentially unsuccessful hunt, these nano-bots will trick our AMP-activated protein kinase into thinking that there is never an abundance of energy available and our metabolisms simply won’t store energy as fat. This would of course be too dangerous to control ourselves so perhaps all of this information would be sent as a live data stream to our future A.I doctors to be controlled more morally and responsibly.

Hahahaha..  If this was Rapture from bioshock..   You'd just dose the lil'buggers with naloxone... problem solved...  Don't even need super advanced Nanobots..

Unfortunately we don't live " where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality "


Reminds me, I haven't watched man in high-castle yet.. what's that all about, is it like bioshock ?

No idea

[tp4tissue]

No idea

Overall though, we really gotta take some Drastic steps here.

Almost ~20% of children now are obese,  ~66% of those will statistically become Obese as adults..


Given the current numbers, One could quite literally say, 13% of children will have no future apart from a hospital bed..


That is unacceptable..

[chyros]

Pretty straight forward..


You take a wifi enabled exercise bike.

It tracks exercise intensity/ duration



Pedal for 25 minutes at a certain intensity, per 1 day for base computer privileges.

The PC will have a PSU which does not turn on until the Kid has exercised for a minimum of 25 minutes on the Wifi bike.





And then You have a basic vending machine you fill with snacks..

Any time the child wants a snack, the vending machine polls the bike..  If the kid pedals the bike another 10 minutes,  he could get a mars bar, or a bag of chips..




This stuff works with lots of lab animals..  don't see why they can't make this straight forward adaptation to small-humans.

I'm not even a parent, but even I can see that that's OBVIOUSLY an incredibly bad idea.

I'm not even sure anymore how serious any of this BS is . Truly we've hit Poe's Law here, people.