Standing desks are all the rage in modern offices these days, thanks in large part to plenty of research that claims sitting all day is detrimental to your long-term health. And you can spend a lot of ...

I’m a big fan of standing desks. Although their direct benefits over sitting are somewhat iffy, they encourage you to move around and be just a little more active. And yet, even though I’ve spent most ...

"It looks," I thought when I first saw the Altwork Station, "like a dentist's chair." That might not be your first inclination when shopping for new office furniture, but the team behind the unusual, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — After trying out the $5,900 Altwork Station, one thought immediately comes to mind: boycott work until you’re issued one of these babies. In development for five years in a rural ...

With a growing body of research suggesting that sitting is the metaphorical pandemic of the developed world, it’s no surprise that people are falling in love with standing desks. I have a mechanical ...

It's widely accepted that sitting at a desk all day is bad for our health and a lot of people address this by buying one of the many standing desks that have hit the market in recent years. The ...

“I am a completely horizontal author,” Truman Capote told a Paris Review interviewer in 1957. “I can’t think unless I’m lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a cigarette and ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A new desk is allowing workers to literally lie down on the job. CBS2's Chris Martinez reported Monday the Altwork Station was designed for people who spend the majority of ...

Do you think a desk that lets you lie down would be allowed in your office? It's called the Altwork Station. You can attach your computer, and it comes with an area to put your keyboard and mouse pad.

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The debate over the health impact of working at a computer continues to rage. Standing desk fans insist that being on their feet is the way to go for health and productivity, but for many of the rest ...