Related link: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/technology/14NECO.html

I.B.M.’s T. J. Watson Research Center and office furniture-maker Steelcase will introduce BlueSpace, an attempt at blurring the distinction between desk and device. Your ID card triggers adjustments in the table, chair, temperature. Your behind — in cooperation with your chair — controls lighting. A 180-degree projector beams memos, the locations of co-workers, spreadsheets, and other administrivia on just about any surface. “You walk into your cubicle and the electronic name plaque on the outside wall switches from “Jamie is out” to “Jamie is in.” And a signal light, visible from anywhere on the floor, morphs from blue to green.” Makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck, doesn’t it?