Laptop Laidback is speficially designed as a laptop table that provides each user the ultimate in comfort by providing them full control and flexibility to place the laptop in the best position possible. We realize that our competition offers a multi-use product that allows people to eat in bed or in front of a TV, to do homework, to use as a desk, to use as a workbench, etc… As the saying goes, “You can’t be everything for everyone.” Laptop Laidback is designed to provide ultimate comfort for laptop users on a bed, couch, lawnchair, etc..
The research is conclusive that there are exact arm, hand, neck, shoulder, and leg positions recommended to maximize comfort. Comfort is the key! When you are comfortable, you are also pain and stress free, you can extend your laptop usage, you can be more efficient and effective, and you can significantly reduce further stress on your body. The correct position is to always have your upper arms and elbows resting on a flat surface (no reaching). Then, the laptop table must adjust up and down so your palms and fingers rest on the keyboard (without having to lift your elbows off the surface).
The home office is changing; it’s no longer one room but is
constantly evolving as people use their laptop computers all over the house. To
fit this trend, Microsoft Corp. announces a redesign of the keyboard as we know
it - the Arc Keyboard. Small enough to move easily around the home and so
attractive it fits seamlessly with chic home accessories, this product looks at
home wherever it’s used.
Microsoft’s best-selling Arc Mouse shares its design language with the Arc
Keyboard for a beautifully curved profile, clean lines, light weight and
portable shape. The Arc Keyboard is all about the home, and Microsoft Hardware’s
industrial design team drew its inspiration from modern home accessories such as
flatware, lighting fixtures and vases. The result is a keyboard that looks and
feels like it belongs with other objects in the home; it is as much a part of
the décor as the chandelier in the dining room and the vase in the kitchen.
"The design tenets that we looked to for the Arc Keyboard were simplicity and
crisp softness, creating an aesthetic for this product that is casual and
sophisticated at the same time," said Monique Chatterjee, industrial designer
for Microsoft Hardware. "We drew our design inspiration directly from the places
where we envision this product will be used so it perfectly blends with existing
home accessories."
Style That Works
Weighing in at less than a pound, the Arc Keyboard is easy to move from room to
room throughout the house, and its domed keyset comfortably rests on the lap so
people can kick back on the couch or type away on the kitchen counter. It
includes a snap-in Nano transceiver that is so small it can remain plugged in to
the computer at all times, or can be magnetically snapped in the bottom of the
keyboard for storage. With its unique, compact design, the Arc Keyboard becomes
a functional and stylish part of any living space.
More details from Microsoft.
CAMBRIDGE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Light Blue Optics(LBO) today announced its first product – Light Touch™ – an interactive projector that turns any flat surface into a 10” touch screen. Light Touch™not only frees multimedia content from the confines of the small screen, but also lets users interact with that content in the same way as they expect to on their other hand-held devices – using touch technology. Light Touch is a reference product and will be made available to Light Blue Optics’ OEM customers and other strategic partners. An invite-only product launch will take place tomorrow evening (6 Jan 2010) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 10) in Las Vegas.
Light Touch™ incorporates LBO’s proprietary holographic laser projection technology (HLP™), creating bright, high-quality WVGA resolution video images that are always in focus. HLP™ enables extremely wide throw angles, resulting in large images being created at close proximity to the projector’s aperture. HLP can also correct for distortion and optical aberrations in software, enabling novel table-top projection. A unique optical architecture delivers a Class 1 laser safety classification making HLP™ and devices that incorporate it eye safe.
Light Touch™ includes an infra-red touch sensing system that transforms the projected image into a virtual 10” touch screen. The user can control the projector and interact with multimedia content and applications simply by touching the projected image. Light Touch™ runs Adobe Flash Lite 3.1, leveraging a large existing developer community and enabling the rapid development of innovative applications. WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity enable device to device communication and applications that connect directly to the internet such as social networking, multimedia sharing and electronic point of sale. Light Touch ™ is equipped with 2GB of onboard Flash memory and has a Micro SD card slot that supports up to 32GB. Light Touch™ can be wall powered or battery operated, with a run-time of 2 hours before recharging is required.
Light Blue Optics’ CEO, Chris Harris said “At LBO, we believe that today’s consumer is no longer a passive viewer of multimedia content. People expect to engage, interact and share content and our first product enables them to do that in new and exciting ways. The opportunities for Light Touch™ extend beyond consumer electronics into retail spaces, the workplace and the home – profoundly changing the way people interact with multimedia content and the built environment. By enabling such diverse and compelling use cases, LBO aims to become the world’s leading supplier of miniature projection systems.”
Light Touch™ has been named a CES Innovations Honoree in two categories: Media Players and Personal Electronics.
Enterprise Nation drew my attention this morning to these geek pillows. In this tech age it seems even our decor has a web feel to it. Single pillows are available, or you can buy the Mac icon pillows as a set. Keep an eye out for these on the forthcoming DeskLitter store as they will be available here in the UK soon. Watch this space for more information.
A brilliant idea thought up by Andrea Benoni, who, as a freelance and always working on his laptop from his home office, needed to invent something that could facilitate him in his home environment. Breaking down your work place and taking it everywhere, at home or on holiday, is an enormous benefit not only for the individual but also in an increasingly more advanced world where bits move more than people. Now a computer is not only a means of work: during our free time it becomes a play mate, a multimedia centre and a way to communicate and to get information. All the Computer Society and mobile Phone Agencies continuously launch new and marvellous messages about the free use of new technologies, but the examples that these Companies give do not agree with comfort, as you can see from the girl in the above photo. Computers in uncomfortable positions that can only be used briefly without causing backache, uncomfortable positions or burns. Download the brochure.
A brilliant idea thought up by Andrea Benoni, who, as a freelance and always working on his laptop from his home office, needed to invent something that could facilitate him in his home environment. Breaking down your work place and taking it everywhere, at home or on holiday, is an enormous benefit not only for the individual but also in an increasingly more advanced world where bits move more than people. Now a computer is not only a means of work: during our free time it becomes a play mate, a multimedia centre and a way to communicate and to get information. All the Computer Society and mobile Phone Agencies continuously launch new and marvellous messages about the free use of new technologies, but the examples that these Companies give do not agree with comfort, as you can see from the girl in the above photo. Computers in uncomfortable positions that can only be used briefly without causing backache, uncomfortable positions or burns. Download the brochure.
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