Clever table design

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pThb0LKbHsU

by socmoth • 18 years ago

31 23 18 years ago

Now I need a room that can expand as easily as the table.

huhtenberg• 18 years ago

The table was designed for a luxury super-yacht. So it was kind of in reverse - first they got the room, then they got the table :)

slackerIII• 18 years ago

I can imagine my fingers getting crushed so vividly after watching that.

figured2• 18 years ago

flip-flops?

figured2• 18 years ago

boo to being mod'ed down.

I am I the only one who noticed that she was wearing business attire with flip flops?

pavel_lishin• 18 years ago

You noticed someone's shoes?

You're not one of us...

creativeembassy• 18 years ago

Anyone else think about designing and building their own? I'd love to design something physical for a change.

pyroman• 18 years ago

I thought about building one on my own when watching the video, but I haven't even built anything simple before. Maybe I need the challenge to get me interested.

zaius• 18 years ago

I was thinking this was going to be about html tables...

alexkay• 18 years ago

I was sure it was about database schema...

chagrin• 18 years ago

Here we go. HN's first youtube post :(

matt12• 18 years ago

Calm calm. This is a video of a novel, innovative table design which is both intellectually stimulating and interesting from an entrepreneurial perspective. It's not like he posted a link to a Remi Gaillard video or anything like that.

biohacker422• 18 years ago

Yes but he does have a point.

I remember this from Reddit. And lets face it, the transition is never sudden, it's not like tomorrow bunny with a pancake on its head will be the top story on HN.

The decline will be slow and it will happen via those rare stories that both hackers and non hackers find interesting.

Videos, any kind of video, are much more dangerous then pictures, and pictures more dangerous then text.

This is definitely something that an engineer can appreciate, but it is also something ANYONE can watch think cool!

tsally• 18 years ago

Just goes to show you that there is always innovation left to be done. Hell, before seeing this video I would have assumed that table innovation was pretty much finished. Makes me think of statements from some of Google's engineers saying that search is 95% perfected.

neilc• 18 years ago

Really? Do you have a source for those statements from Google engineers?

jsrfded• 18 years ago

I saw that quote somewhere, I think marissa said it in one of her talks

matt12• 18 years ago

Why is it that when you click on the "Pricing" link on their website it doesn't tell you the price?

http://www.dbfletcher.com/capstan/

A YouTube commenter said it costs abut $17K. Another site indicates it's a bit more: "The large Capstan tables cost around $95,000 and the smaller Rising and Furling tables cost between $24,000 and $58,500 depending on size."

http://www.luxist.com/2006/12/13/db-fletcher-tables/

Anyone know how much for the one in the video? Or is it all custom?

shadytrees• 18 years ago

If you twist it one more time, it becomes the Transformer that says, "What's up, little bitches?"

mattmaroon• 18 years ago

FWIW, I laughed out loud at that one.

Clever table design

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