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Title: Lumina is working on a smart standing desk that has a built-in display Post by: HCK on August 11, 2022, 04:05:03 pm Lumina is working on a smart standing desk that has a built-in display
<p>Is there much more space for innovation in desks (https://www.engadget.com/2016-06-02-up-close-with-lian-li-s-pc-hiding-standing-desk.html), I hear you ask? After all, now that we’ve made them go up and down (https://www.engadget.com/2016-03-03-stir-base-l1.html), there are no new worlds worth conquering. Not so, says Lumina (https://getlumina.com/), makers of its eponymous AI webcam that’s been described as the equal of a DSLR in some corners. Now, the company is turning its attention to building a smart desk with a programmable, 24-inch OLED screen nestled in its top, designed to offer you a place to put passive data in easy view.</p><p>The Lumina Desk, as it’s called, is a powered sit-stand desk, with a display that sits between your laptop (or monitor) and your keyboard and mouse. The idea, as you can see, is to offer you space to add in a view for your Google Calendar, stock view from Robinhood or a Twitter feed. All things that it’d be nice to always have in view, but you may not necessarily want to buy a second (or third) monitor for.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><figure><img src="https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2022-08/45b2d280-189e-11ed-97df-b179dbf3726a" style="height:1125;width:2000;" alt="Image of the lumina desk from the top down." data-uuid="ccf132d5-945f-3e31-9a7d-4a060a23e074"><figcaption></figcaption><div class="photo-credit">Lumina</div></figure><p>Rather than a touchscreen, you’ll control data from a companion app on the desktop, and the whole desk is coated in a layer of toughened, anti-glare glass. The company is also promising a maximum brightness of 1,200 nits, and a 60Hz refresh rate, making it a pretty sweet display all told. There’s also plenty of power coursing through its frame, with two 20 x 20 Qi wireless charging pads on the tabletop, each one able to pump out 100W. Then there six hidden AC outlets with a built-in circuit breaker, and six USB-C ports, each one able to deliver up to 30W.</p><p>Sadly, you won’t be able to get your hands on one of these until 2023 at the earliest, and the company is today opening up unpaid reservations (https://getlumina.com/desk) to gauge future interest. The price, too, has yet to be decided (although I’m told it’ll be as close to $1,000 as possible, at least that’s the aim right now) but if you’ve been looking for a more sci-fi way to passively collect information, this might be worth a peep.</p> Source: Lumina is working on a smart standing desk that has a built-in display (https://www.engadget.com/lumina-sit-stand-desk-oled-display-150033942.html?src=rss) |