As you may have already guessed, I’m a big fan of alternate mediums of communication, remote meetings, and conferencing. However, I came across a YouTube video today that only has applications for face-to-face meetings that I wanted to share with you. Why? Cause it’s just so cool!
See?! Today it’s a self-adjusting meeting room, but tomorrow the Cylons attack! (Probably because they’re tired of cleaning up after our meetings...)
Something just occurred to me though. What if these robot tables were used by one person? What if this video is the harbinger of the super office? Think about it, you’ve got a big table that has your laptop set up on one quadrant, a desktop computer/media station on another, a layout table for plans and pictures, and a filing system on the fourth. With that setup, well...
You arrive at work, sit down in the middle of the room, press a button, and the tables form a square of efficiency around your swivel chair! When you need to leave temporarily, a button makes one of the tables open up for you. Have a face-to-face meeting? Three tables could line the wall behind you, with one set between you and the guest chair. For a video conference, press a button and the table with the camera moves your chosen best backdrop into view while the others become handy but off-camera.
Now that I think about it, I want these awesome robot tables! What would YOU do with them? Tell me about it in a comment!
