Biking while working: Acer unveils ‘bike desk’ for multitaskers who want to pedal and catch up on work tasks at CES tech fair
- Taiwanese electronics giant Acer debuts a bike desk at CES tech fair that lets its rider type and work out at the same time
- The bike desk uses the kinetic power from pedalling to generate an electrical charge that powers devices
Taiwanese electronics giant Acer this week unveiled a “bike desk” for people who want to work while on their exercise machine, in a product offering for multitaskers in a post-pandemic world.
Acer released the bike desk, dubbed the eKinekt BD 3, in Las Vegas at this year’s annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), touting it as a desk combined with a stationary bike for “sustainable and healthier lifestyles”.
CES is one of the largest technology exhibitions for consumer and personal electronics in the world, attracting a swarm of major global electronics giants, such as Sony Corp, Samsung Electronics and Lenovo Group, who debut their latest gadgets.
While the desk does not look significantly different from the typical in-door exercise bike with a work desk mounted on top, the concept is novel and is clearly aimed at the new breed of post pandemic workers who want to catch up on office tasks while getting fit.
One of the key innovations is that the desk turns kinetic energy from cycling into an electrical charge to power electronics gadgets, such as laptops or smartphones, according to the Taiwanese company.
Acer says that one hour of non-stop pedalling at 60 revolutions per minute on the machine can generate 75 watts of power.
