{"id":1980,"date":"2013-12-09T10:10:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T10:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=712"},"modified":"2013-12-09T10:10:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T10:10:23","slug":"the-stir-kinetic-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/the-stir-kinetic-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stir Kinetic Desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles based company Stir thinks they have figured out what is missing from our desks.\u00a0 Technology!\u00a0 Their new desk known simply as <i>The Kinetic<\/i>, is an impressive display of both design and ingenuity.\u00a0 It is perfect for fitness junkies, techies, or just someone who wants a well-built adjustable desk and here is why.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/aKQpvg9.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kinetic is a high quality and finely detailed adjustable desk that can be used either while sitting or standing.\u00a0 Finding a good quality adjustable desk can be difficult enough, and Stir has gone a step \u2013 or two further.\u00a0 Built into this desk is a 4.3-inch touchscreen, built in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and power plugs in a hidden compartment. This sleek design is more than just for show; it has software to back it up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jhcDu34.jpg\">http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jhcDu34.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/O8kSr6V.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The desk can be raised or lowered by hitting a button on the front of the desk, or by tapping on the touchscreen twice.\u00a0 The software tracks how much time you spend sitting at the desk, and how much time you spend standing.\u00a0 The data tracks across days, weeks, even months.\u00a0 It will even tell you how many calories you burn when you stand as opposed to sitting.\u00a0 The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections will later be used to run the software on wearable devices and smartphones, but is not yet being used.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/QwdEpk7.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This truly is a smart desk.\u00a0 The Kinetic uses a thermal sensor to determine when you are at your desk, and learns what your sitting and standing patterns are.\u00a0 It will even suggest having you stand when you are sitting, to improve your health.\u00a0 It suggests this with what they call a \u201cWhisperBreath\u201d which is a slow and small lift and drop of the desk.\u00a0 It is just enough for you to notice, but not enough to impair your work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MEQj_b2nsn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The price is expensive at almost $4000, but certainly not out of line when you consider the features and the costs of other adjustable desks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles based company Stir thinks they have figured out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[508],"tags":[1110,1111,392,1112],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}