THERE IS A COMPANY ñ LET'S GO SHOPPING.
THIS IS FROM A PLACE CALLED ALT WORK.
HERE IS A RECLINING WORKSTATION.
THIS IS BRINGING THE DENTIST OFFICE INTO THE CUBICLE.
YOU SIT DOWN AND RECLINE BACK AND FORTH.
THERE IS A MONITOR YOU CAN LOOK INTO.
THE CEO AND COFOUNDER OF THE COMPANY SAYS PEOPLE ASK WHY
THIS HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE AND IT'S LIKE, WELL WOULD YOU
HAVE DONE THIS WITH A 27 INCH MONITOR?
FIRST OF ALL, HAVE YOU TRIED A STANDUP DESK?
>> NO.
>> I STOOD UP TO DO THIS AT THE BAR AND WHILE I WAS
STANDING I CLEARLY DID NOT DO A GOOD JOB OF PREPARING.
>> WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE THAT
HAVE UPGRADED TO THIS STANDING COMPUTER DESK.
SO THIS IS LIKE TAKE A NAP EVERY MINUTE?
JAYAR JACKSON WAS SAYING HE COULD NOT NOT FALL ASLEEP
IF HE WAS SITTING.
I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
>>
SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT WHEN THEY ARE IN IT THEY ARE SO FOCUSED.
IT'S ONLY THEM AND THEIR WORK WHEN THEY ARE SITTING THERE.
THEY DON'T EVEN FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A BODY.
YOU ARE AT SUCH A RELAXED STATE THAT YOU ARE THEN FREED UP
TO FOCUS.
>>THE COST?
>> EARLY ADOPTER PRICES ARE $3900.
CAN YOU REALLY PUT A PRICE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
FULL PRICE IS $5900.
>> WELL, I THINK IT LOOKS COOL
IF I WAS GOING TO HAVE IT
AT HOME FOR PLAYING VIDEO GAMES OR SOMETHING.
WE OSTRACIZED THE NERDS ENOUGH?
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WE GIVE THE SHIT.
WHEN YOU'RE COMFORTABLE LIKE THIS, NOTHING CAN RATTLE ME.
>> IT DOES LOOK LIKE A DENTIST CHAIR ACTUALLY.
HOW'S THAT COMFORTABLE?
I THINK WE HAD ONE OF THOSE IN THE GARAGE.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THIS.
DATA PROGRAMMING CONSUL DESKS.
ALSO, I DOUBT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DRESSES AND SKIRTS ARE
GOING TO SIT IN THAT THING.
I'M NOT SAYING A DON'T LIKE IT, I THINK THAT EMPLOYERS WILL
HATE THE IDEA.
YOU HAVE A VERY HARD TIME SELLING IT TO ANYONE WHO
WAS TO WORK IN PUBLIC.
MANY PEOPLE AT WORK AND HOME MIGHT LIKE IT AS A WAY TO
BE COMFORTABLE.
I THINK THEY WILL FIND THEY SLEEP MORE THAN THEY USED TO.
IMAGINE IF YOU CAME IN HERE AND TIM WAS OUT THERE WITH HIS
FEET KICKED IN THE AIR WITH DROOL RUNNING DOWN HIS FACE.
>> AND HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN THE MOVIE THE LAST FIGHTER?
THAT IS WHAT I WANT.
I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD ME HAVING A COMPUTER
IN MY BED WHILE I AM SLEEPING.
THAT IS HOW I WANT TO DO ALL MY WORK.
THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH WORKPLACES FOR ME IS THAT I AM AWAKE
AND DRESSED AND HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF BED.
>> EVENTUALLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS GET A FLAT SURFACE YOU
CAN
BALANCE A LAPTOP ON TOP OF IT WITH COFFEE.
THAT WILL BE THE NEXT BIG WORKPLACE TREND.
WE ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE LAYING IN A POOL OF WARM
FLUID AND OUR BRAINS WILL DO ALL THE WORK FOR US.