To Adjust This Standing Desk’s Height, Just Hold Out Your Hand

The TableAir is a variable-height workspace that uses a sensor to detect the height of an outstretched hand, then moves the desk surface up to match it. Plus it lights up all cool-like. TableAir

With the office world trending toward its feet, we’re awash in choices for standing desks. Even better are sit/stand or variable-height desks that don’t force you to commit to standing all the time. Models like the Stir or the Ikea Bekant are recent faves.

The TableAir is one of these variable-height desks, but it’s built with tech that’s more advanced than the rest: it uses a sensor to adjust to your position. When you want to work standing up, you briefly press the button on the top, then hold your hand out in front of you to indicate the desired height. The sensor on top of the desk detects your hand’s height, and the motors move the TableAir up to match it. Oh yeah, and the whole rim of the desk lights up like an Arc Reactor while this happens.

Pushing the button once and holding your hand above the sensor raises it. Push and hold the button, and it lowers back down until you let go. The TableAir’s motors are small and relatively silent, and they can move the surface between 25 and 51 inches (between 64 and 130cm for you non-Imperial folk). That’s roughly 2 feet, the height of a tall coffee table, to 4.25 feet, the height of a comfortable standing desk.