I routered a recessed area in the mouse table/armrest to make what I call "the mouse pit". I move the wireless mouse into the pit when I need to let go of it. It would be cool if I could turn the mouse pit into a recharging dock too. One of my ideas is to replace the mouse pit with magnets and stick steel pads on the mouse. The mouse can be placed over the magnetic area and let go.
D from BC
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Funny thing is Recaro now makes office chairs:
Lying down on an air bed, primary monitor directly in front and above my midsection/hips, secondary monitor about the same level but to the right. Cordless keyboard on my tummy (touch typing required). Cordless laser mouse on hard mouse pad to my left or right side. Built various versions of this set up for about 10 years. I can use the computer fatigue free for 10 or more hours. Fallen asleep while using the computer several times. This setup IMO is a great complement to vigorous work/exercise, and it's probably better for your back.
Good luck and have fun.
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Over $1000!!! $1599!! for leather :( But interesting to see the crossover from automotive seating to office seating. But,too expensive for me.. I'd rather get a scrap yard car seat for maybe $50.00.
Perhaps a seat from a very smashed up car. If I put some fake blood on the seat, it might lower the price. :P
D from BC
Cool..! I'm surprised I haven't seen this in shopping malls...
How are the monitors supported? Does the monitor swing out of the way to get on the bed?
At current I'm toying with the idea of a roll cage (like in race cars) attached to the chair/bed. That way about 3 monitors can be attached on a 180 degree arc.
D from BC
Thanks, and thanks for the explanation in the other thread.
They are suspended by nylon rope. You can drill/superglue guides into the plastic for the rope to go through and around the monitor case. 10 years ago, at first I tried supporting them from underneath, but that is a bad idea. I was concerned about the monitors swinging around, but that's not a problem. Suspension is probably the only way to go.
The setup could conceivably contribute to motion sickness, for example if you play first-person shooters like Tribes 2 (using jet packs in a first-person shooter is exhilarating and fascinating IMO, but oh whail). If you don't have to shuffle papers, and if you can force yourself to get up from time to time like when you need to do something else, it probably couldn't be healthier.
Using current technology LCD monitors, you'll have a much easier design than with a 60 pound main monitor like mine.
Good luck and have fun.
ok....
D from BC
Loved the idea of using the car seat as a computer seat. I went to a local car junkyard today and found a leather Porsche seat in good condition. Asked how much, the guy said 25 bucks but I have to remove it myself... what a deal! Here take a look at this setup you can buy, its nice but too pricey.
I like the diamond plated foot rest... might incorporate that into mine.
Wow...unreal :)
Here's a thought.. Maybe someday this will become standard furniture..??
D from BC
It seems to be missing a massaging heated cushion.
D from BC snipped-for-privacy@comic.com posted to sci.electronics.design:
It does not look functional to me. I think it is supposed just look pretty and look like it sounds good.
Yes..for the posted link
However, the drivers seat idea seems modern. In tv days, one just passively sat on the couch and watched. The couch potato. Nowadays, the mouse potato interacts and uses controls and it's an interaction like driving a car. Monitor>>>windshield Steering wheel>>>mouse and keyboard
D from BC
Interesting difference in tastes here - to me, it looks like something I'd spec if I was having one custom-designed! ;-)
One thing's sure, it looks more comfortable than this:
Cheers! Rich
Groan.... :)
I've been toying with the idea of turning a modern dentist chair into a computer workstation. But expensive... Sports car seats from the scrap yard are cheaper but lack leg support.
D from BC
My concern is if that air is then directed back into the passenger compartment!
You have a choice of recirculating air through a HEPA filter or all fresh.
I also have the leftist weenie gas-exclusion option ;-)
...Jim Thompson
Heck, just feed it to the engine air intake for better fuel milage and lower unburned methane emissions...;-)
"Martha, better make more beans - I have a long drive tomorrow..."
Might want a flame arrestor - backfires would be a mite uncomfortable.
Sno-o-o-o-o-ort ;-)
...Jim Thompson
Add an ajustable foot rest to the base you mount it on. Don't foget the cup holders and armrests, too.
Not eating enough vegetables? :-)
Martin
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