Tables

The floating Tail Table from Space Innovation Labs skews well and truly toward the convenient side of makeshift camping table designs, cleverly attaching to the trunk of most vehicles and sliding out to offer plenty of space for food and drink.

As fun as board games are, they can be a fiddly to set up and expensive to keep buying the new ones. Arcade1Up's Infinity Game Table, currently on Kickstarter, digitizes dozens of classic games like Monopoly and Scrabble into a touchscreen table.

​You may think that the humble coffee table is something that couldn't be subjected to a high-tech makeover, but … yeah, you'd be wrong. The currently-crowdfunding Coosno is equipped with a mini fridge, voice control, Google Home and more.

A Spanish start-up called Proton New Energy Future has unveiled Ebörd, a smart table that has a wireless charger built into the entire surface, allowing it to charge multiple devices at once. Better yet, it harvests energy from the Sun or even artificial light.

Hong Kong-based Coolgeek has launched a 360-degree Bluetooth speaker that's a little different from the rest. A circular piece of glass has been plonked on top, turning the setup into a music-streaming coffee table.

The Transformer Table is more than meets the eye. After the original launched the back in 2016, a newer model of the impressively extendable table ​has just been revealed on Kickstarter. Instead of wood veneer, the new and improved design now comes in a variety of 100 percent hardwood styles.

Australian company Euclideon has built a working prototype of what it calls the world's first true multi-user hologram table. Up to four people can walk around a holographic image and interact with it wearing only a pair of glasses - a far cry from bulky AR headgear. It's set to go on sale in 2018.

Many religions would tell us our purpose in life is to ease suffering wherever we can. And if that’s the truth, this wonderfully small invention may be the pinnacle of geometry genius Chris Heyring’s storied career.

If you're anything like us, sitting at the table to eat is usually accompanied by favorite songs playing through a Bluetooth speaker. With the Sound Table from smart furniture startup Kamarq, diners can enjoy streamed music right at the table – as the table itself acts as a wireless speaker.

We’ve seen plenty of multitouch tables from Ideum, but its latest effort has a lot going for it, with a full UHD resolution and capable internals. It’s also designed to recognize real-world objects, opening up a whole lot of potential functionality.

Timber furniture is made from a tree that has been cut down, sawed up, and stuck back together again. Wouldn't it make more sense to grow a tree straight into a piece of furniture? Gavin Munro thought so, now he grows all sorts of furniture straight out of the ground.

Ideum's Duet smart table brings both Windows 8 and Android into a single unit. The company has designed it to be easy to switch between the two operating systems, and the hardware itself is a rugged, multitouch affair.