A POST for Humans Note: this is an early alpha work in progress
Wake up feeling groggy? Are you at 100%? 80%?
When a computer wakes up, the firmware executes a power-on self-test (POST). This allows the software (mind) to know how the hardware (brain/body) is functioning and to detect if any problems exist that the system should be aware of when executing future tasks.
Likewise, POSThuman is designed to run a diagnostic on human functionality as a wake-up routine.
The exercises are designed to take about 10-15 minutes in total and test everything from hand-eye coordination to simple-math mental dexterity to creative word association.
Additionally, many tasks are paired with minor, equipment-free physical stretching exercises.
Do this daily to track your score and improve each task.
TODO: this would be great as an iOS app with videos demonstrating some of the activities
- paper and pen: draw two dots spread apart on either end of the sheet. Now, quickly draw a line as straight as you can from one dot to the other. Do this 5 times. For each line, score yourself 1 point for connecting the two dots and another point for the straightness of the line. Enter 0-10 for your score.
- the system will generate quick math puzzles for you to do in your head
- level 0: single digit
- Level 1: double digit - single
- Level 2: double - double
- Level 3 triple - double
- Level 4: triple - triple
- the system will generate quick math puzzles for you to do in your head
- level 0: single digit
- Level 1: double digit - single
- Level 2: double - double
- Level 3 triple - double
- Level 4: triple - triple
- level 1: toss a ball from your dominant hand, gently up to your eye level and catch it again with your dominant hand. Look straight ahead—not at the ball. Do this 5 times with each hand (landing back in the same hand that tossed the ball). Score 1 point for each catch (0-10 points)
- level 2: toss a ball from your dominant hand gently up to eye level, and catch it with your non-dominant hand. From that hand, toss it back the same way. Do this 10 times. Score 0-10, 1 point for each successful catch.
- level 3: (2 balls, one hand)
- level 4: (2 balls, swap hands)
- level 5: (3 balls)
- level 6: (4 balls, 2 each remaining on a side)
- level 7: (4 balls, swapping across)
- toe touches:
- Do 20 toe touches.
- Level 1: count by 1
- Level 2: count by 2
- Level 3: count by 3
- Level 4: count by powers of 2 (when you get stuck, look at the number key and continue)
| n | 2^n |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 16 |
| 5 | 32 |
| 6 | 64 |
| 7 | 128 |
| 8 | 256 |
| 9 | 512 |
| 10 | 1,024 |
| 11 | 2,048 |
| 12 | 4,096 |
| 13 | 8,192 |
| 14 | 16,384 |
| 15 | 32,768 |
| 16 | 65,536 |
| 17 | 131,072 |
| 18 | 262,144 |
| 19 | 524,288 |
| 20 | 1,048,576 |
thesaurus prompt ... ideas:
- rhyme prompt
- npm install random-words
- curl https://api.datamuse.com/words?rel_rhy=$1 | jq .
- or https://github.com/sindresorhus/random-word