Gadgetory

hi guys this is bryan bennett for cnet and right now we're taking a first look at the stir kinetic desk now this is a very you know interesting piece of hardware it may look like a standard desk or ordinary piece of furniture but what it actually does is it is designed to have multiple configurations where you can use it as a standing desk or use it as a regular desk where you would sit down like you would at a conventional desk so what's really interesting about this desk is that it has a infrared sensor which will basically sense your presence when you step up to the desk when you sit down when you stand it can tell how long you've been doing either activity and then also keeps track of you know how many calories you're burning if you're standing vs sitting and you can use that data to you know predict you know the health benefits also there's plant support to link you know popular fitness apps and hopefully fitness trackers and those sort of platforms into what the desk is recording and to access all the information you have a really nifty little gadget right here it's a small touch screen that's right built into the surface of the desk there you can see all your stats how long you've been standing how I've been sitting you can also control the position that the desk is in whether you want it you know all the way up like in standing mode or in a sitting mode the desk will also suggest when it thinks you should take a break if you've been standing too long and you don't want to stand all day it will actually do this sort of breathing motion you know going up and down slowly to say hey maybe it's time you change position all in all it's very interesting device it costs 3890 and that's certainly not a inexpensive piece of furniture but for all the kind of technical hardware that's packed into this thing it seems very compelling you can see on the top of the desk here on two sides there are two doors where you can access lots of charging ports and ways to connect you know your laptop cellphone that type of thing without having to have wire go all the way you know running down and you know tripping up the whole setup so that's a very cool cool looking device it's available in a few different color choices as well so if you want to pick up a stir kinetic desk for yourself it's available now at the website stir works calm and you know you can decide what not this fancy piece of hardware has your name on it I'm Brian Bennett for cnet.com and we've just taken a first look at the stir kinetic desk