We hear about it all the time. It’s the curse of the modern office worker. We’re sitting ourselves to death.
So we see standing desks, treadmill desks and bike desks attempting to counteract the effects of sitting for hours on end. But a Dieppe, N.B.-based IT company has a different sort of solution, one that means you don’t even have to think about moving throughout the day since your desk will do it for you.
Leon DesRoches is the founder and CEO of Smartpods. Informed by his background in physiotherapy, kinesiology and architecture and inspired when he saw that his young son would follow an iPad whenever it was moved so he could keep playing games, DesRoches had the idea for Smartpods.
Smartpods are workstations designed to be innovative and dynamic, aiming to create a healthier lifestyle for office workers and reduce common illnesses and conditions related to a sedentary lifestyle. The desks move throughout the day and workers adjust to follow their work.
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