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The Ultimate Computer Chair? 291

Posted by CmdrTaco from the utterly-ridiculous-or-absolutely-essential dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Check out www.mypce.com. They address the idea of the computer workspaces by treating the it as an overall environment instead of the desk and monitor we're all used to. Hopefully, the industry will start moving in this direction and address more of the physical issues of computing. No idea on pricing, but very cool nonetheless."
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  • Old... (Score:2, Insightful)

    by acscherp ( 204569 )
    Ads for these chairs were in Wired Magazine already some months ago. Nifty stuff, though

    • Re:Old... (Score:3, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward
      Indeed. For those of you who can't access the site (which is slowing down already!), it is just a dup of the iLoo [web-user.co.uk] announcement.

    • Why is the *computer* at the center of everything? (Score:4, Insightful)

      by ebusinessmedia1 ( 561777 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:28PM (#5959605)
      *Mobility* is the name of the game from here on. Design focus should be more on technology usability issues, rather than how to make human beings adapt to the 1980-90's version of fixed workststions. Thank goodness, the latter are goin away.

      Sure, there is a need for better fixed workstation ergonomics, but very few organizations will spend the capital necessary to deploy this sort of thing on a wide scale.

      There's probably a niche market in design and graphics shops for things like this, mostly as a design statement to impress clients.

      If innovations like this were cheap, we *might* see them make the residential office markets.

    • Re:Old... (Score:4, Informative)

      by bryanzera ( 539455 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @08:01PM (#5959816) Homepage
      I liked this idea better when it was being marketed by Poetic Tech [poetictech.com]. At least PT gives you the option to have counterspace to pile crap on.
    • I saw these at a Lan Party (GDFest) a while ago, pretty cool stuff.

  • Gods below! (Score:5, Funny)

    by FuzzyBad-Mofo ( 184327 ) <fuzzybad@gmaCURIEil.com minus physicist> on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:52PM (#5959281)

    It appears to be a Medieval torture device!

    • Heh. It looks horrid, I know. I actually designed something similar to this around '95. I started out with a design remarkably similar to that and as soon as I realized it looked like a Medieval torture device, I redesigned it to look something like those old 'sit-down' style arcade games, only much more comfortable. Then I realized that no one would ever have enough room in their house for something like that and totally gave up on the project. But the same basic ideas are there -- the computer becomes

    • Re:Gods below! (Score:4, Funny)

      by Jeremiah Cornelius ( 137 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:11PM (#5959467) Homepage Journal
      Does it come with Lidlocks, my droogies?

  • No Way... (Score:5, Funny)

    by craenor ( 623901 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:53PM (#5959292) Homepage
    The ultimate computer chair is self-cleaning...pr0n!
  • ...to be running its own built-in server... which is now slashdotted.

  • All it misses... (Score:5, Funny)

    by littleRedFriend ( 456491 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:54PM (#5959305)
    is a fridge for cold beer and toilet paper dispenser...

  • Recaro? (Score:5, Funny)

    by JakiChan ( 141719 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:55PM (#5959307)
    Can someone explain to me WHY I'd need a sport bucket seat to use the computer? I mean does this thing come with neon and Type R stickers? Yeah, I've got a nice force feedback wheel for playing Colin McRae 3 but I don't think it's *that* good.

    Oh...and if they really want to sell then where's the fat person version? Cuz I can tell you the only way to squeeze me into something like that would inolve more Crisco than I'd care to contemplate.
    • Because you need the 9g crash protection and side bolsters for those 3g turns?

      Isn't that what they're on about when they talk about Extreme Programing?

      Next year's model is going to be built into a street luge.

      At least you'll fit on that, but it won't be a very pretty sight.

      KFG

    • Re:Recaro? (Score:3, Informative)

      by KurdtX ( 207196 )
      Yeah, I thought that was weird too (although they are "DAD" racing chairs - never heard of "DAD"), it was the second thing I noticed (after the suspended monitor, which actually seems like a good idea). But, as much as I love bucket seats in cars, they're only there for one purpose: to keep you locked in one position. And it's not necessarily the most ergonomic position, as you really don't race for that long.

      Even my skinny self, being an athletic guy with broad shoulders can't fit in those chairs -

  • Dear God! (Score:5, Funny)

    by GreenHell ( 209242 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:55PM (#5959308)
    I took one look at those chairs and the first thing I thought was "These look like the design of a dentist on a bad acid trip."

    Comfortable? Maybe, I've never tried one, so I can't say.
    Eye-searingly awful looking? You better believe it.

    • Re:Dear God! (Score:3, Insightful)

      by colinemckay ( 610522 )
      Well, it _might_ be ok for gaming, but as a practical computer workstation, it leaves a lot to be desired.

      I use my computer for working, not just gaming, so ample desk space is a necessity.

      I'm also curious about the stability of the hanging monitors -- will the monitors shake every time you move?

      Ditto getting in and out of the chair if you need to go to the printer, use the head, or hit the fridge for a shot of caffeine.

  • I want .... (Score:5, Funny)

    by vivek7006 ( 585218 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:55PM (#5959315) Homepage
    a computer chair with frikkin LASER
    • Nah, I want a chair that comes with sharks with frickin' lasers on their heads!

  • My own personal version... (Score:3, Interesting)

    by redheaded_stepchild ( 629363 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:56PM (#5959318)
    Since the site is already /.'d, i'll just dream a little: Laz-e-boy recliner installed with: 1. monitor swing-arm 2. keyboard split across arm rests 3. speaker surrounding head, woofer under seat 4. vertical-load cd tray in left armrest 5. mouse pad on right armrest 6. Linux inside ...sweeeet....
  • No idea on pricing, but very cool nonetheless. If you have to ask, you can't afford it. ;)

    • Re:Price (Score:2, Informative)

      by kmilani2134 ( 652045 ) *
      In the press release section of the site, there was an article from a mainstream magazine that quoted prices from $7,000 and up. I believe these prices included the computer. I didn't see a mention of the OS...I want mine with Linux.
    • " If you have to ask, you can't afford it. ;)'

      That's a really good line, especially when it comes to lust objects.

    • Re:Price (Score:3, Funny)

      by mrjive ( 169376 )
      Seems like it would be a few grand cheaper to just mod a Real Doll [realdoll.com]. The ultimate intersection of computing and....*ahem* comfort.

  • Too much like a home gym! (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Zaffle ( 13798 ) * on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:56PM (#5959324) Homepage Journal
    It looks just like one of those home gyms. And then when the marketing speak said:
    > The MasterPeace Rocks and Cradles you
    I thought... "You can rock, rock, rock! yourself to firmer abs!"... damn those infomercials.

    The biggest problem with those is there is no place to put good old fashion pen to paper.

    Even when I was in R&D I still liked to use pen and paper beside my superfast machine. I like a big desk with lots of room to scribble.

    Interesting side note, since we were in R&D, we weren't allowed any "scrap" paper to work on. All our work had to be in our logbooks, that had all our notes (aparently incase of patent dispute). So I started doing my doodles in that. Then I put things like, "if you are reading this, then I must be dead, the treasure is buried....". Of course, after our head of project died, i stopped doing that.
    • It looks just like one of those home gyms. [snip]

      The biggest problem with those is there is no place to put good old fashion pen to paper.

      The extra space in a conventional desk is better for more than just pen and paper. I often have stacks of random cds, cups of soda/orange juice/whatever (depending on the time of day and my mood), handy programming textbooks of whatever languages I'm working on at the moment, a couple of USB gravis game controllers for my various console emulators, and a series of

  • ...I take prompts from the fellows at Arstechnica.

    The post-sweet chairs [arstechnica.com] they picked out a few months ago are still very cool...

  • Aeron Chairs, post dot-com era (Score:5, Informative)

    by Scoria ( 264473 ) * <`slashmail' `at' `initialized.org'> on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:58PM (#5959344) Homepage
    Of all dot-bomb employees polled, 90% preferred the Herman-Miller Aeron [herman-miller.com]. According to rumor, these chairs are easily obtained [cafeshops.com]. :-)

    • 10% ers (Score:5, Interesting)

      by zenyu ( 248067 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:35PM (#5959656)

      I used to lust after those, until they gave me one. The mesh thing is cool, I could ride my bike in and I'd try up pretty quick. But you can't cross your legs in those things, you have to sit "properly." I like to be able to shift around how I'm sitting every 15 mins or so, there are only so many ways you can do this if sitting yoda like hurts your knees... I knew their days were numbered when they stopped stacking up on nurti-grain bars and juice, which in the long run made me happier than the chair.

      • Re:10% ers (Score:3, Interesting)

        by sweetooth ( 21075 ) *
        I've got a humanscale freedom chair (one of the choices availble in the linked article) and while I love the chair I do still find it difficult to change positions. I find this chair to be much more comfortable than the aerons in general though.
      • I've owned one for maybe six years now.

        I do like it a lot but I think the design could have been more universal, the bucket sides could have curved down rather than up, much like the front edge.

        A few of the mesh bands have broken though, on a bare back, the broken ends are a bit abrasive.
      • Yeah, I tend to agree. I worked as a temp. briefly for a firm that had these chairs (or a very good knockoff of the original, perhaps?) in their I.T. department. I found them to be seemingly extremely comfortable at first, but after sitting in one for an hour or two working on a PC, it felt "limiting". I guess it could be adjusted better - but in the typical office environment, nobody wants to spend 10 minutes playing with chair adjustments. (Heck, as a temp. - all the effort would only go towards that
      • I've had one for a year or so, and I can sit comfortably in the lotus position in them, and I'm a pretty big fellow. The trick is to buy the C size (the largest) so you have plenty of room, and don't get the non-fixed arm rests.

        The mesh seat is great for durabilty and cleanabilitiy, but sometimes your bum does get cold (I work at home and don't have air conditioning).

    • Re:Aeron Chairs, post dot-com era (Score:5, Funny)

      by buck_wild ( 447801 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @09:00PM (#5960146)
      Main problem I've experienced first hand: Even VPs can't bury farts in the mesh.

      Made for quite an embarassing moment in the meeting, that's for sure.

  • WTF? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Pike65 ( 454932 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:58PM (#5959351) Homepage
    OK, seriously, how many of the Slashdot crowd would actually buy this? I mean we're the kind of people they must be aiming for, but I can't see it sitting in the corner of my room. It'd give me nightmares. It looks like a cross between a psychotic gaenacologists favourite torture implement and one of the Machines from the Matrix. Either way, not something I'd want in my house.

    If you want a conversational piece, buy a bonsai kitten or something . . .

  • Uhmm... (Score:5, Funny)

    by AvantLegion ( 595806 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:59PM (#5959355) Journal
    ... it's a high chair. With a monitor.

    Devices like this ensure that geeks do not get laid by the cute coworker down the hall.

    • Re:Uhmm... (Score:4, Insightful)

      by NanoGator ( 522640 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:55PM (#5959786) Homepage Journal
      "Devices like this ensure that geeks do not get laid by the cute coworker down the hall. "

      Perhaps, but they do ensure that you're the one the cute coworker down the hall comes to when she needs her computer fixed. For a lot of geeks, that's a drastic improvement. Remember when the comic book store guy tried to push through the Vulcan Pon Farr ritual? It's kinda like that.

  • almost self contained (Score:5, Funny)

    by Archfeld ( 6757 ) * <treboreel@live.com> on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:59PM (#5959357) Journal
    just needs a caff IV and a cath, and half the folks here would never leave :)

  • Aren't they forgetting about something? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by LeoDV ( 653216 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @06:59PM (#5959362) Journal
    Not mentioning the fact that this idea is old, I see a few problems. Some of us don't exclusively work with computers. Sure, a good half/two thirds of my desk is dedicated to computing space, but I also do stuff with paper and I need space to do that. Or, more importantly, store CD cases, Star Wars action figures, and pile empty pizza boxes. A work/computing environment without a foot of assorted junk piled on top isn't a true environment.

    Besides, the system is too restrictive. I don't like my box shipping with the device. I want to choose what components I use. Similarily, until the quality on LCD displays matches that of CRTs, I'll keep using those. And unless I'm mistaken there's no switching system to allow you to hang a CRT from there.

    I mean, it's an idea we've all had, and cherished for a while (I remember in UF Stef bought one to increase his Quaking skills, we all know how that worked out), but it's just not feasible that way.

    As much as we would like to think it is, a Personal Computing Environment isn't 100% PC.

  • where's the goddam seatbelt? (Score:5, Funny)

    by laugau ( 144794 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:00PM (#5959365)
    That thing looks like if you lean too far to the left or right, you're rollin' (At least for those fat bastards that really need a reclining chair to complement their sedentary work-style.

    Get some fat-bastard playing Grand-Tourismo 4 too into the game, he starts leaning into the turns and WHAMMO!!!

    Not to mention the collateral damage if your dog happens to be in the way.

  • Where's the... (Score:3, Funny)

    by maxpwr ( 454096 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:02PM (#5959380)
    ..holder for the box of tissues???

  • Article with pictures (Score:5, Informative)

    by Target Drone ( 546651 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:02PM (#5959382)
    Space has an article [space.com] with pictures [space.com] on a server that isn't slash dotted... yet.
  • Is to be combined with barstool racing [slashdot.org] technology!
  • well, front page anyway, and looked at 'the masterpeace'

    what i want to know, is can i get it without the computer?

    i mean, i have enoguh of my own machines here, i dont want to spend a butt load of cash for a desk/station and get an extra computer. i want to know what the price is for the unit alone.

    this looks great for people with limited space.

  • All this and a catheter... (Score:4, Funny)

    by jpellino ( 202698 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:04PM (#5959402)
    ... and you're all set. Is this straight out of Dilbert or what? How more anti-social can you get? Yout Personal Space is now guarded by 120VAC and large poles of steel. Great. This is a one-stop divorce mill.
  • The site was slashdotted pretty fast. Here is a link to a cached version, but it didn't have time to complete:

    http://0wn.de/masterpeace

    I think it's time slashdot provides mirroring itself, but then again, that idea isn't new...

  • Imagine a beowulf cluster of these... (Score:3, Funny)

    by jpellino ( 202698 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:07PM (#5959430)
    ... oh, sorry, right. don't need to imagine - they already have this - the towers full of red caged humans lulled into behavior by their own personal fantasy - in the Matrix.
  • I wouldn't be able to stop myself from saying "You will be assimilated" when I answer the phone while sitting in that chair.

    How I got to see it after it was Slashdotted?

    1) click on link from slashdot - darn already Slashdotted

    2) Google(TM) it and view cache - darn no pics and info is old.

    3) Go to next item on Google. - darn it is slashdotted too.

    4) Repeat 3

  • OK, been discussed on /. before, but Stokke [stokke.com] chairs are still worth mentioning, I'm sitting on one right now.

    IMHO most chair designs seem to begin with stiff 90 degree angles and then make only slight adjustments for the human body. On the other hand, Stokke designs look and feel like they're made for the human body, instead of the usual rectangular styles. They let your body find a comfortable balance almost magically, you don't have to force yourself into a good position, or correct your position all the

  • like a frickin rollercoaster (Score:5, Funny)

    by zephc ( 225327 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:09PM (#5959447)
    "you must be THIS TALL to ride"

    [/joke]
  • ....but I would like to sit in a chair before I buy it.

  • I'll stick with my Humanscale Freedom [humanscale.com] chair paired with two cheapo folding tables. I have an Aeron chair too (one chair for home, one for work, until I got downsized at least) but I like the Freedom chair better. I suspect Aerons work better for heavyset people rather than skinny folks like me.

    Wired has an interesting superchair article [wired.com] that led me to the Freedom chair.

    Gotta wonder what the Humanscale folks think about PCE calling their chair "Freedom" as well. Methinks somebody didn't do the obligator

  • Toilet (Score:3, Funny)

    by DarkHelmet ( 120004 ) <mark&seventhcycle,net> on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:13PM (#5959491) Homepage
    A real ultimate computer chair has a toilet... It also wipes.
  • Its nice that it comes with the system, as I cannot see any of Apples offerings fiting in the thing. Hang a 23" display off of one of those arms, and I bet you can't get into the seat. Not to mention my iMac.

    I think I will pass. I did however enter the drawing, that thing should at least generate a dollar or two on ebay.
  • Oh, Yeah! My wife is going to let me bring one of those into the house! And monkeys will fly out of my butt!

    • Re:Oh, yeah! (Score:5, Funny)

      by secolactico ( 519805 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:25PM (#5959575) Journal
      Oh, Yeah! My wife is going to let me bring one of those into the house!

      Well, not everybody is a whipped-up husband. Some of us are hopelessly single losers who can't get any unless it involves a financial transaction so we get plenty of space to fill as we see fit.

      Now, all we need to find is a way to smuggle this monster into the basement without mom finding out.

  • Very expensive gaming system (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Ra5pu7in ( 603513 ) <<moc.liamg> <ta> <ni7up5ar>> on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:16PM (#5959506) Journal

    The only time I would need a computer environment that did not include open desk area, book shelves, CD/DVD racks, and filing drawers is when I game.

    $7000 is just too damn expensive for a gaming rig; especially one I don't build the system myself. Screw that. A comfy La-Z-Boy recliner, surround sound system, and custom built desk I designed myself would cost me so much less I'd have $4000 left for my dream system. Hmmmmm...

  • Life Imitating Art.

    Remember that ST:TNG episode where Reginald Barclay designs that ultimate computer interface in the holodeck and takes over enterprise?

    Hmmm.. they perhaps skipped the holodeck part. Yes, in fact, upon further thought, they need to scrap this chair and not put the carriage in front of the horse.

    Holodecks First! Ship Dominating Chairs Second!

  • No thanks... (Score:3, Funny)

    by squireofgothos ( 310804 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:19PM (#5959536)
    The last time I tried to sit in one of those someone tried to stick things in the back of my skull...

    Whaddya mean it'll feel "WEIRD"?
  • The most comfortable thing I've sat on for more than two hours were two pieces of railroad ties stacked up. I don't know why it was so damn comfortable - maybe because it was so solid.

    The Chair, after countless ages, has probably had all the necessary innovations applied. Maybe this work could be put into something else...

  • Mistaken! (Score:5, Insightful)

    by xmutex ( 191032 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:22PM (#5959555) Homepage
    Clearly these people have not talked to the developer community in designing these chairs. I see no Dr. Pepper / Red Bull holders nor any place to set your half-eaten bag of Cheetos.

    When will someone get it?
  • I got into the first page just before it got hammered so I can see what it is. All I can say is that this is more than a "I want one" situation. I am going to get one and I don't care how much it costs.

    It's worth waiting 'till their server calms down to have a look folks.

  • The best workstation ever... (Score:4, Funny)

    by buck_wild ( 447801 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:27PM (#5959598)
    was built from a hospital gurney. There was a cutout for your head, much like a massage table, and the monitor screen waas facing up. The keyboard was a split-design, which was the one difficult part to get used to, and your arms would just hang straight down. The mouse was a trackball mounted horizontally.

    Drool gutter optional.

  • Lay-Z-boy (Score:2, Interesting)

    by obi-1-kenobi ( 547975 )
    My favourate computer chair is the lay-z-boy. You can kick out the foot rest and rest your laptop on it. You can sit the laptop on your lap (not the best idea if your ripping your mp3 collection and you wish to have kids (assuming that your male)) and rock backwards and fowards (also not the best idea for the laptop hd). Or you can lean back go read /. , watch your favourate discovery channel documenatry about hackers (and there green hair) and become highely amused at all the websites that for some reaso

  • I think slashdot should have a new policy- no more product reviews?

    Ahahahahahaahahahaha. Sorry, I tried so hard to say that with a straight face.

    Seriously, I never bother reading about a product toted in a slashdot story, because unlike slashdot readers who can poke a whole in just about anything, these "product mentions" seem to always be all 'aint-that-cool' to the core.

    Not saying slashdot editors conspire, but they'd probably be lying if they didn't admit at least some of the stories are just vira

  • google cache (Score:3, Informative)

    by rumpledstiltskin ( 528544 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:30PM (#5959623) Homepage Journal
    Slashdotted [216.239.33.104]

  • racing seat (Score:3, Interesting)

    by _fuzz_ ( 111591 ) <meNO@SPAMdavedunkin.com> on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @07:35PM (#5959651) Homepage
    The thing looks like it's built around a $100 racing seat from Summit. Those are definitely not very comfortable, and I can't imagine they're ergonimically correct for typing.
  • Now I can pinpoint the date... 2003.
  • here is a link [streamtech...20a1650asf] to a video I found on techtv with the chair... Their site seems to be slowly going the way of the bison though...

    and here is a text clippet from the FreshGear section where I found the video:

    You've got all the gadgets to make the perfect home office, but it still has to look cool. If you're willing to pay the premium, a company called Personal Computing Environments in Los Angeles will customize a look that's just your fit.

    "Fresh Gear" took a look at PCE's flagship MasterPeace. Here's

  • When all "design" magazines and sites show pc/notebook workareas completely uncluttered by ungainly cables ?

    How realistic is that ? my pc has at least 10 cables shooting out of it and my monitor has at least 4 (it has a usb hub built into its base). They look like spaghetti.

    Looking at this chair just made it even funnier ... i don't think they built special cases for those monitors with the cables shooting out inside the red tube ... and that would make the monitor cable a few meters longer than the usual

  • Bad for RSI...? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Ian Bicking ( 980 ) <(moc.ydutsroloc) (ta) (bnai)> on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @08:06PM (#5959858) Homepage
    No doubt like many of us, I've had RSI problems, but my condition has improved dramatically over the last couple years (without decreasing my computer use).

    For a while I thought my keyboard (Kinesis Ergo) was to thank (and perhaps the MS Trackball Explorer, which you click with your thumb). I still like my keyboard -- RSI aside, it's a great input device -- but I think there's a limit to what they can do.

    What really helped me was the armless chair I got, and the posture that has encouraged me to take. Which is actually no posture at all -- I shift positions on the chair at least twice an hour, sometimes leaning sideways, sometimes forward, and reclined in different ways. There's no real stability to the chair. None of the postures I take are ergonomically correct postures, which is why I think it's good -- no posture is right for too long a period.

    The problem with a fancy system like this is that it's all about the Right Posture. It creates a whole frame around some "perfect" position, and from the look of it you'd have a hard time taking any other position. It's the same with a lot of the ergonomic devices, which advertise the relaxed and supported position you take, but you are locked into a single position, so even if there's less damage you have to worry that eventually it will accumulate since it's always the same damage.

  • Sweet. (Score:5, Insightful)

    by azav ( 469988 ) on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @08:11PM (#5959881) Homepage Journal
    I've got arthritis in my spine from being behind a computer for too long. This type of design with the monitor suspended over my head is what the same design I've come up with but haven't been able to build.

    The idea of supporting your back and neck is a very good one if you're concerned about your long term health and you spend a lot of time behind a terminal.

    There is a significant problem here. It needs to be able to be reclined. You need to be lying down for this design to do your back some good. Otherwise, this is just a raised chair.

    Good start though.

  • Sigh (Score:2, Insightful)

    by Sanga ( 125777 )
    If this ever catches on, we can say good bye to team work [extremeprogramming.org]
  • I have owned and "sported" several Porsches in the past. I can say from experience that this WILL be the most uncomfortable chair you have ever sat in. They have used a Corbeau A4 racing seat to make this thing which is akin to sitting on plywood. I'm sure it will help emmensely in those high-G corners on the way to the bathroom. Here's a link (not sure why anyone would want it but hey): http://www.corbeau.com/brochure/A4.shtml ER
  • well, the way they look.
    I would love to try one for a month.
  • No idea on pricing

    Why do websites list anything buyable without pricing? On this site, BUY NOW asks the user to email Paul. Don't they know how much they want for it? Even if the price changes daily, they can update the website. And they can have that "plus shipping" that could double the price. A little effort and they can allow the chair to be customized online.

    Or they can do the random price thing like Amazon.com. Check a product from multiple browsers and you get multiple prices. This is great

  • Rank Amateurs... (Score:2, Informative)

    by Ded Mike ( 89353 )
    ...as compared to these guys [poetictech.com]...I especially like the idea of a controllable light source and full control of the seating angles, pressures, tempratures, desk angles and filtered and heated airflow...and, with a powered/programmed rotating base [poetictech.com], we don't need no stinkin' LCD monitors with an Aura or Echo workstation!

    Hoo!Yah! "...120-degrees of rotation in 15 seconds," under my control! WOOT!

    Seriosly, these guys "designed, developed, manufactured, and installed a modular trading pit system for the CHIC [poetictech.com]

  • Here's a 23kb screenshot [66.73.133.165] of the site in case it gets Slashdotted.

    I highly recommend this style of web design.
  • One major change I have done to the traditional computing environment is to place the cord (or where the cord would be) of my mouse parallel to the keyboard so my arm is sideways, below the keyboard.

    Cheaper than a new chair, and keeps the arm in a more relaxed position. Anybody with any other ergo tricks?

  • Racing seat... ouch! (Score:3, Informative)

    by GoRK ( 10018 ) * on Wednesday May 14, 2003 @10:43PM (#5960643) Homepage Journal
    These things are built around racing seats... If you've ever sat in a racing seat for more than about 15 minutes, you'll know that they aren't exactly designed for comfort.

    Racing seats are designed for safety. They are designed to keep a driver in place and secure in the event of a wreck. Any company who would build a product such as this deserves to have their heads beat in with a baseball bat. My office chair is 1000 times more comfortable and it costs 40 bucks. I can see if perhaps they were desigining some sort of chair for a racing sim or game, but for everyday use... I'm sorry but any fucker who orders one of these deserves the back pain they develop!

    BTW, for any naysayer: you can tell they are regular (cheap) racing seats by simply looking at them -- the holes right below the headreast are for the four or five point shoulder harnesses to go through to secure a driver into the chair.

    Again, in case the people who posted this advertorial are reading, I hope you don't sell a single one of these piece of shit chairs. Any comment refuting this argument is most likely someone from this enterprise posting some bullshit about how great their complete crap idea is...

    ~GoRK

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