{
  "id": 15485050,
  "title": "Step Up! My phone told me I can't dance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/step-up-my-phone-told-me-i-cant-dance",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-18T20:30:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/luke_devlin_2783a4fb1db20/step-up-my-phone-told-me-i-cant-dance-2hmm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Step Up! is a web application that assesses whether your salsa dance steps align with the beat. It operates by playing music, utilizing your device's camera to capture your dance moves, and then presenting a score out of 100 along with a tip for improvement. Before using Step Up!, you need to position your smartphone or laptop approximately 2.5 to 3 meters away, low and angled upwards, ensuring your entire body is within the frame and well-lit. Once set up, simply tap the camera button, raise both hands above your head to open the hands-up GUI, and choose the full sync option (stand still, then march to 16 clicks), then press the Start button. After dancing the basic for 30 seconds, read the score provided. The application runs entirely on your own device, as the pose model runs in the browser, and the video feed remains on your smartphone or laptop. Step Up! assists learners of salsa who practice at home between classes by providing feedback that a teacher might provide in a regular class setting.",
  "summary": "This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle What I Built Step Up! is a web app that tells you whether your salsa steps land on the beat. You prop your phone up, it plays the music, and it watches you dance through the camera. When you finish, you get a score out of 100 and one tip for next time. The first thing it taught me was about myself. In every…",
  "key_points": [
    "Step Up! assesses salsa dance steps alignment with beat",
    "Uses smartphone/laptop camera to capture dance moves",
    "Provides score out of 100 and improvement tips"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}