Lumina works at a smart standing desk with an integrated screen

Do you think there is a lot more room for innovation in the office? After all, now that we've brought them up and down, there are no new worlds to conquer. Not so, says Lumina, the makers of its eponymous AI webcam which has been described as the equal of a DSLR in some corners. Now the company is turning to building a smart desk with a programmable 24-inch OLED display nestled in its tabletop, designed to give you a place to easily put passive data in view.

The Lumina desk, as it's called, is a powered sit-stand desk, with a screen that sits between your laptop (or monitor) and your keyboard and mouse. The idea, as you can see, is to give you space to add a view for your Google calendar, a stock view from Robinhood, or a Twitter feed. All the things that would be nice to always have in view, but that you might not necessarily want to buy a second (or third) monitor for.

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Rather than a touchscreen, you'll control data from a companion app on the desktop, and the entire desktop is covered in a layer of anti-reflective tempered glass. The company also promises a peak brightness of 1,200 nits and a refresh rate of 60Hz, which makes for a pretty nice display. There's plenty of power through its frame, too, with two 20 x 20 Qi wireless charging pads on the table, each capable of pumping out 100W. Then there are six hidden AC outlets with a built-in circuit breaker and six ports. USB-C, each capable of delivering up to 30W.

Unfortunately, you won't be able to get your hands on one until 2023 at the earliest, and the company is opening unpaid reservations today to gauge future interest. Pricing has yet to be decided (although I'm told it will be as close to $1000 as possible, at least that's the goal right now), but if you're looking for a more science -fiction of passively collecting information, it may be worth a look.

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