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.
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.
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."
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.
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!
