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Next year your entire desk will be a computer control device

Ross Dawson, November 22, 2011 at 9:39 pm

I have long said that table tops will embed video and that we will use every possible means to interact usefully with computers.

Software and device vendor ExoPC has announced EXOdesk, a computer interface that will be laid on your desk, offering digital keyboards, a variety of colorful keypads, sortable RSS feeds, and even a piano, as shown below.

Mashable says it is due for release next year at a price of $1,299, making it not much more than a big screen. The price for devices like these will not need to come down much more for the productivity impact to be worth the price for many. If people show they are willing to buy them, there will no doubt be plenty of other vendors in the market. I’ll probably get one.

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Looks very promising, but I’m still holding out for Holographic PC’s. It’ll have a real keyboard like the one above, but the screen will be a holographic projection like R2D2 did w/Princess Leia.

Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, and bestselling author. He is Founding Chairman of AHT Group, which consists of 3 companies: consulting, publishing, and ventures firm Advanced Human Technologies, future and strategy firm Future Exploration Network, and events company The Insight Exchange.

Ross is author most recently of Getting Results From Crowds, the prescient Living Networks, which anticipated the social network revolution, the Amazon.com bestseller Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships, and Implementing Enterprise 2.0. (click on the links for free chapter downloads). He is based in Sydney and San Francisco with his wife jewellery designer Victoria Buckley and two beautiful young daughters.