Dell has presented new applications for the home workplace on the occasion of the upcoming CES conference. With the concepts Flow, Pari, Stanza and Luna, the tech giant wants to make working in the home environment easier.
Hybrid working is expected to continue to boom and expand and more and more tech companies are coming up with solutions for this. This includes Dell, which has now presented a number of applications to make working in a home environment more pleasant and easier. Certainly because of the limited space that employees can have for a workplace in their home environment.
Concept Flow
Flow, which the tech giant is introducing, should make it easier to work with multiple devices. The concept includes a dock for connecting all devices that are present at the home workplace. Think of the monitor, the keyboard, the mouse and a charger. The dock is also wirelessly connected to the laptop via Bluetooth. When the laptop moves out of the bluetooth range, the external monitor is automatically encrypted and only reconnects when an employee is back within the bluetooth environment. All connections and other functionality, such as wireless charging of the laptop, are then automatically restarted and restored, as if nothing happened.
Magnetic camera Paric
The second concept presented, Pari, is a webcam. What is special about this wireless webcam, however, is the possibility to place it on screens where someone wants it. For example, to get real eye contact in a Zoom meeting. The screen can also act as a kind of teleprompter in this way, so that scripts can easily be presented from the screen.
The camera is built into a very small and compact housing and is equipped with magnets with which it can be clicked onto a screen. However, the Dell Pari camera does not work with all screens. The monitor screen must also be fitted with magnets before you can click the camera onto it.
Furthermore, the camera is charged wirelessly when it is placed in the holder. This is done via a USB-C connection between the holder and a dock. The camera weighs 30 grams and delivers 1080p video quality over WiFi. An indicator light indicates when the camera is fully aligned. When end users want more privacy, they can flip the camera in a holder so that other participants in a call only see the black cover.
Stanza Tablet and Project Luna
In addition to the Flow dock and the magnetic web camera Pari, Dell also introduces the Stanza concept. It is an 11-inch tablet-like device without cameras, speakers or other ports. With the help of a stylus you can make notes on the screen and by tapping twice the notes are converted into digital text. It is also possible to draw diagrams or graphs. The tool converts rough sketches into perfect digital images. Rough lines become perfect lines or circles.
The device can also be used as a second screen. Wirelessly, for example, a laptop screen can be duplicated in this way.
Project Luna, in turn, focuses on making PCs and laptops more sustainable. This project of the tech giant focuses on reducing the number of components that make up the devices. From more compact housings, thinner and lighter screens, integrated ventilation instead of built-in fans to easily removable keyboards and less use of screws.
