Increasing awareness of the health risks associated with prolonged sitting is fuelling demand for sit/stand desks, so it’s time we also tackled the deleterious effects on mental health of having to put up with dumb desks while everything else in the office (and home office) is becoming smarter. New York-based robot maker and Kickstarter darling Autonomous (formerly Robotbase) is trying to do just that.
The Autonomous Desk, or the underlying idea of a smart standing desk, is proving to be quite popular on Kickstarter, where its creators have, as of this writing, raised more $100,000 against an original funding goal of $50,000. Although the company is also offering a frame-only $299 Maker & Hacker model and a $399 Basic model—both run-of-the-mill sit/stand desks—the $599 Smart variant is what has everyone buzzing.
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