Bluelounge, the groundbreaking design studio known for such award-winning products as the SpaceStation, CableBox and The Sanctuary, introduces StudioDesk: their most advanced cable management solution to date. A traditional workspace with a modern twist, the StudioDesk is specifically designed to offer laptop users a clutter-free working environment. Its sliding top surface uncovers a large easily accessed storage compartment that completely conceals all one’s peripheral hardware and their accompanying cables.

Bluelounge’s StudioDesk is immediately available for $599.95 US Dollars through www.bluelounge.com.

"After the success of The Sanctuary and CableBox, I was committed to creating a new product that would bring cable management full circle," said Bluelounge Principal and Designer, Dominic Symons. “The StudioDesk brings harmony to one's workspace. It is perfectly suited for the studio, home, office, conference & classroom environments, in fact wherever laptops are frequently used."

StudioDesk’s ingenious sliding lid allows all ancillary equipment and excess cables to be safely stowed away under the desktop in the concealed, but easily accessed, storage compartment. An elongated slot across the width of the desktop lets the user easily inter-connect all the hidden power strips, AC adapters, hubs, external hard drives, routers etc, thereby keeping the desktop always completely clutter-free. An opening discretely located below the StudioDesk’s rear corners means that only a single cable is needed to connect everything to a power socket. So less floor level clutter too!

The StudioDesk’s timeless design features solid mahogany legs and details. For durability, white laminate is used for the desktop surfaces and storage spaces. In addition, StudioDesk comes with a removable faux leather mat to cover and protect the sliding portion of the desktop. StudioDesk measures 47” x 27.5” X 29.5”. Shipping by UPS ground, knocked down into one package. Assembly tools & instructions are included.

About Bluelounge

Bluelounge, founded in 1999 by designers Dominic Symons and Melissa Sunjaya, is a multidisciplinary design studio that creates a synergy of product, graphic, interactive design and original illustration. Bluelounge products are distributed through over 100 U.S. locations and 17 international distributors, promotional agents and licensees. Bluelounge’s design studios and administrative offices are in both Los Angeles and Jakarta, Indonesia. In addition to their own branded products, Bluelounge has undertaken design commissions for major corporations such as Airwalk, Microsoft, Panasonic, and Trina Turk.

http://www.bluelounge.com/

Ford Motor Company has unveiled a a collection of technologies named Ford Work Solutions that will allow Ford Truck owners to have all tools needed to run a small office at the Chicago Auto Show 2008.

Ford Work Solutions features:

• An in-dash computer developed with Magneti Marelli and powered by Microsoft Auto that provides full high-speed Internet access via the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network and navigation by Garmin. This system allows customers to print invoices, check inventories and access documents stored on their home or office computer networks – right on the job site.
• Tool Link, a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) asset tracking system developed in partnership with DEWALT and ThingMagic that will enable customers to maintain a detailed real-time inventory of the tools or equipment stored in the pickup box.
• Crew Chief, a fleet telematics and diagnostics system, to allow small fleet owners to manage their vehicles, dispatch workers to job sites and keep detailed vehicle maintenance records.
• Cable Lock security system developed in partnership with Master Lock® to provide security.
  

The F-Series has been the best-selling truck in America for 31 years. Two out of every five commercial trucks sold in the U.S. wears a Ford oval.

All four Ford Work Solutions will be available this fall on the new 2009 Ford F-150 XL, STX, XLT and FX4 trucks; F-Series Super Duty XL, XLT and FX4 trucks; and all 2009 E-Series vans. Transit Connect vans join the lineup in mid-2009.

Several of the features will be also made available for dealer installation to upgrade Ford Trucks already in service.

An in-dash computer, developed with Magneti Marelli, transforms the new 2009 F-150 or F-Series Super Duty into true mobile offices, capable of linking into the business owner’s main office computer network or a home computer via a cellular broadband connection.

Users can access existing files on an office computer miles from the job site, open a word processing document, a spread sheet or their business accounting program, make updates and print them in the truck on an available Ford-certified, on-board, Bluetooth-enabled, battery-powered inkjet printer.

Powered by Microsoft Auto, the system provides high-speed Internet access via the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. It works with Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones, offering hands-free calling with push-to-talk voice recognition, access to user phonebooks and the ability to receive text messages.

The in-dash computer also includes navigation by Garmin, which comes standard with features like re-routing due to construction or traffic congestion and points of interest including local gas stations and their fuel prices, restaurants, Ford dealerships and Quick Lane Tire & Auto Centers.

The computer is integrated into the vehicle’s center stack, filling the same space normally occupied by the standard radio. It is equipped with a 6.5-inch, high-resolution touch screen, two gigabytes of memory, a secure digital slot for additional memory, a USB port and includes a wireless keyboard and mouse. A stylus, stored next to the CD slot, is included for use on the touch screen.

Developed with DEWALT and ThingMagic, Tool Link offers owners the capability to mark and scan high-value tools, safety equipment, material inventories and other important assets using RFID tags. When the vehicle is running, a pair of RFID antennas, mounted in corrosion- and impact-resistant housings on the inside of the pickup box, scan the box for the items on a pre-programmed inventory list.

The data is transmitted to a reader mounted inside the cab and displayed on the in-dash computer screen, alerting the driver if any inventoried tools are not loaded on the truck.

Tool Link comes pre-loaded with several standard tool lists that are easily edited to reflect specific types of jobs. The system uses industry standard second-generation RFID tags that can be fastened to tools or other items and can read and catalogue hundreds of tools or assets in just seconds.

Short of office space?
Then you just might need the Office Companion.
This credit card sized multi-tool is just 5/8” thick, yet if offers all the accessories you need to wrangle paperwork at the office or on the road.

It comes with:
• Stapler
• Hole Punch
• One Meter Rule
• Precision Scissor
• Cavity for paper clips/ staples
• Ball Point Pen
• Screwdrivers (+/-)
• Screwdriver Socket
• Staple Remover
Includes 50 mini staples and an assortment of paper clips.

This is the ultimate survival tool for today's busy on-the-road executive.
Available from Toollogic.