Reflect table monitors conversations with LEDs, shows who's all talky
By Joshua Fruhlinger 
posted Jun 28th 2008 10:10PM
posted Jun 28th 2008 10:10PM
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Terrible news for those of us who prefer not to pay attention!
So, does it also point a big red arrow towards whoever at the meeting farted?
Joshua just tell ryan to shut up.
Ive heard about another gadget that lets you tell who's talking.
Its called EYES AND EARS.
You REALLY heard about those!?!?
the point is not telling who is talkative, but to give a hint to that person that he is talking too much
i like how the girl only has one light up led must not be paying attion or is just thinking in her mind how did i get stuck her with all these d-bags
no she is just distracted by the lights.
doubt it
Um, she's deaf and does not speak dude. Way to point out her handicap. They just put one light on so she would not feel left out.
converstaions?
You know, those stations at work where you're allowed to converse.
What's that you say? You're allowed to talk WHENEVER YOU WANT?!
Similar to the surroundings-sensitive LED table:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkmpIXd9Q90
My cat would be ignoring the string and attacking the lights. lol
And imagine having little kids. They would be waving and patting the table forever. lol
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/5233/picture1lm3.jpg
You have some crappy ClearType or whatever poorly configured font enhancement tech you use.
what
Paul, huh...Its a JPEG?
they couldn't spring for a piece of plexiglass that was a bit more clear?
The problem is that the people who tend to be long-winded extroverts are proud of it. This just encourages them.
Well said; plus it has a the opposite effect on introvert people, so, in the end, it's a lose-lose situation.
Don't forget all the people who just talk all the time and just don't care.
I think the point is more to help develop healthy groups in a business environment where everyone is able to contribute their ideas and opinions equally.
The reason the guys are talking so much is because they're trying to impress the girl. That's what happens by default when you have one female and more that one guy.
Kinda seems like a rather lame and thinly veiled attempt to being back disco.
In the Anime Macross Frontier they had something like this, except when people were talking to each other arrows on the table (a LCT screen table) would shoot out at the person that they were talking to. Later on, when two of the characters were talking quietly, the arrows were slowly going from person to person and subtly going to the guy and girl talking quietly. It was neat.
Where I work, we developed this thing where everyone has a button they can press, and if the majority of people at the table hold down the button, it gives a mild electric shock to whoever is speaking.
I wish I could have this on my business meeting. So that I can figure out who talks a lot nonsense.
Obviously an Apple product. All style. Looks flashy. Zero substance.
*shrugs* Hey if the Apple fanbois can do it.....
LMAO what are you talking about, the thing looks freaking ugly.
Im sorry, but I do NOT want a table that monitors how much I talk in a social setting.
"This could be great for business meetings to tone down the "thinking outside the box," but could also be a terrifying ordeal on a first date."
Who would take a date to a business meeting?
Weird But Ok
"This could be great for business meetings to tone down the "thinking outside the box," but could also be a terrifying ordeal on a first date."
Who would take a date to a business meeting?
So THAT'S why I got no second date...
This is gonna get a lot of mute people fired.
If their job depends on their talking, I would think that mute people wouldn't have been hired in the first place.
I'm installing this on my moms kitchen table.
Hey Engadget, you spelt 'conversations' wrong in the title...
Oh dear, another metric for managers to observe, report on and compare incorrectly with employee productivity. I can see it already.
Manager John: Hi Paul, how are you
Paul: Uh, I'm on my lunch break actually
Manager John: Great, good to hear
Paul: What?
Manager John: Paul, how are you doing at home?
Paul: What are you talkin about..
Manager John: Is everything ok?
Paul: Yeah, everything is fine.
Manager John: Ok, because if it isn't, you should let me know
Paul: Right, ok.
Manager John: So I was looking at the results for that meeting yesterday.
Paul: Ok
Manager John: It's about our new LED system. I expected a little bit more from you.
Paul: How so?
Manager John: Have you been doing alright at home?
Paul: Yes, I told you that already
Manager John: We expect a little bit more Paul, we noticed you only had one LED the whole time.
Paul: Mmm
Manager John: It's OK for now, but I hope you'll do a bit better next time, maybe go for another LED, this would mean a lot for the business. Could you do this for me?
Paul: I can try
Manager John: I'm glad we had this talk Paul, I'll let you have the rest of your lunch break now, just be sure to be back at 1
Paul: It's 1 now
Manager John: Ok well take care Paul.
Paul should definitely wear more pieces of flair.
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I've been looking for a way to do something like this for AIM, has anyone heard of a similar thing?
I run a Mac, and usually use iChat, though I have a Windows compy running the boring standard AIM as well.
What I'd really like is some sort of meter to show who's said more in a conversation. I know iChat has addon functionality, but is this possible?