--- title: Involution Studios | ergonomics description: ergonomics | Design, Policy, Technology Blog --- [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision/) [Contact](http://www.goinvo.com/contact/) - [Home](http://www.goinvo.com) - [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) - [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) - [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) - [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision) - [Careers](http://www.goinvo.com/about/careers/) - [Open Office Hours](http://www.goinvo.com/about/open-office-hours/) ## [Implications of a "desktop iPad"](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/implications-of-a-desktop-ipad) 24.Aug.10 by [Dirk Knemeyer](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/dirk-knemeyer) [The press is reporting today](http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/08/24/apple.imac.touch/index.html?hpt=T2) on a patent filed in January by [Apple](http://www.apple.com) for what amounts to a "convertible" iMac - Apple's line of large screen all-in-one desktop computers - that also functions as a giant desktop [iPad](http://www.apple.com/ipad). This sort of device is certainly inevitable, in one form or another. The evolution introduced to everyday computing by the [iPhone](http://www.apple.com/iphone) and now being accelerated by [Android](http://google.com/android) devices, the iPad, and other tablet solutions would certainly evolve into our desktop computing experiences. It was simply a question of when - and how. With this patent application we're seeing one potential approach to implementing these next-generation solutions. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/implications-of-a-desktop-ipad) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/implications-of-a-desktop-ipad#comments-listing) Topics: [apple](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/apple), [hardware](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/hardware), [usability](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/usability), [ergonomics](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/ergonomics), [Analysis](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/analysis), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog) ## [Adrift in a ubicomp world](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/adrift-in-a-ubicomp-world) 12.Oct.09 by [Dirk Knemeyer](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/dirk-knemeyer) It is generally accepted among the design intelligentsia that Apple is designing better software and hardware than pretty much everybody else in the core areas they choose to play. Yet there is one area where they have notably failed - if only by non-participation - yet stands as one of the most vital hardware solutions in the present and future: docking. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/adrift-in-a-ubicomp-world) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/adrift-in-a-ubicomp-world#comments-listing) Topics: [Design](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/design), [apple](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/apple), [hardware](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/hardware), [ergonomics](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/ergonomics), [predictive](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/predictive), [Blog](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/blog) [All posts](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/all) - [Home](https://www.goinvo.com/) - [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) - [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) - [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) - [Careers](https://www.goinvo.com/about/careers/) - [Open Office Hours](https://www.goinvo.com/about/open-office-hours/) - [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision/) - [The Digital Life](http://thedigitalife.com/) - [Contact Us](https://www.goinvo.com/contact/) - [661 Mass Ave Arlington, MA 02476](https://www.google.com/maps/place/661+Massachusetts+Ave,+Arlington,+MA+02476/@42.4161234,-71.1563006,17z/) - [info@goinvo.com](mailto:info@goinvo.com) - [mailto:hello@goinvo.com](mailto:hello@goinvo.com) - - - - -