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Smart height adjustable table senses distance to your hand and adjusts to it.

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That's a beautiful table and a beautiful video. It would definitely appeal to users with good taste in aesthetics. Unfortunately, I wouldn't buy it. For less money, I can get a Steelcase Airtouch. It's straight forward, mechanical, adjusts faster with one hand and some elbow grease and there's zero chance of a prankster hacking my desk. That said, I have no doubt you'll sell plenty, it looks really cool!

Something else to keep in mind: I hope you have an easy way of locking the table height. Whenever somebody comes to my desk to look at something on the screen, they lean on the desk. With your desk, if they lean in the right place, the table moves.

Hey MadMoogle, thanks for nice words, I really appreciate this. Your mentioned table is targeted at a little bit different audience, as you already pointed out TableAir appeals more to users with good taste in aesthetics. Also another very important aspect of TableAir is that once paired with a smartphone true potential of TableAir is unveiled. One of the biggest obstacles when starting using standing table is what we call a hard switch. People start working standing 24/7 - sore legs and back are unavoidable. We believe it shouldn't be the case. The most sustainable way of changing work habits is to transform them step by step, so what the app does it suggests you when it's time to change a posture and little by little increases standing intervals until you reach your desired goal.

And as for pranksters it's prankster-proof :) the only way to connect to the table is via our app which utilizes secure bluetooth connection. Also every table has its own custom id and encrypted password, I mean everything is possible and with enough determination one can hack into most secure servers but I can honestly say that table is secure from domestic hacking.

And lastly about the lock of the height. The construction of our motors is made in such a way that once the desired height is reached it simply locks itself, meaning that if you wanna lower it again you have to use an app or the smart button - it's physically impossible to push it downwards, well unless you're hulk or something...

Anyway MadMoogle you touched some interesting points, thanks for checking out TableAir and you never know maybe one day we'll create something more suitable for you as well.

Awful video. I could barely hear what the guy was saying. And the few hundred panning shots with peeling bananas and spreading cream cheese on bread was bizarre.

It might be a decent product though!

Thanks for the comment samnardoni, we're currently enhancing the video and it will be live later today.

Hey samnardoni, you might wanna check the updated video. same link.

Really cool, that's a workstation of the future there (plus design niceties like neon lighting). Good luck!

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