April 30, 2004—SMARTdesks, manufacturer of computer training and classroom furniture and equipment, will introduce “PIANO,” an interactive conference table that the company says is “truly Plug and Play,” at NeoCon World’s Trade Fair in Chicago this June.
Meeting growing demand by military, government, educational, and business customers for a multi-use conference table with integrated computer capability, SMARTdesks has developed a new design incorporating the company’s patent-pending flipIT mechanism that enables users to rotate an LCD flat panel monitor from under the table top into an ergonomic, semi-recessed position, while providing a clear top surface when computers are not in use.
The table’s wedge shape and the low profile of the semi-recessed LCD displays are designed to ensure that everyone seated maintains an unobstructed line-of-sight to each other and to screened presentations. Its proportions allow it to fit in most existing conference rooms.
Giving the product line its name, PIANO provides a slightly elevated center surface that can be raised like the top of a baby grand to provide easy access to all the requisite cables and power needs of the connected conference center. When the table is in use, this area serves as a platform for projector, document camera, and other equipment.
To fine-tune the table system, SMARTdesks offers enhanced LCD displays for the flipIT with light-sensors that adjust screen brightness to ambient light conditions, and an energy-saving automatic control that shuts down the monitor when it is closed. A low-profile roll-out console with side-to-side rack mounting houses the CPU cases, leaving plenty of leg room under the table and providing equipment security. Individual access to data storage is available at USB ports on each keyboard.
For more information visit SMARTdesks or call 800/770-7042.
