Monday, December 24, 2012

Robot lets those working remotely beam in to workplace

<p>Bo Preising, Suitable Technologies' vice president of engineering, at left, talks with fellow engineers, Josh Faust, center on screen, and Josh Tyler, on screen at right, both using a Beam remote presence system in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. More employees are working from home, but there's still no substitute for actually being at the office. Enter the Beam. It's a roving computer screen _ with video cameras, microphones and speakers _ that stands five feet and rides on motorized wheels. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Tech " Machine gives those working far away a presence at the office.</p><p>Palo Alto, Calif. Engineer Dallas Goecker attends meetings, jokes with colleagues and roams the office building just like other employees at his company in Silicon Valley.</p><p>But Goecker isn't in California. He's more than 2,300 miles away, working at home in Seymour, Indiana.</p><p><a href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/55523629-79/beam-face-technologies-goecker.html.csp">Keep reading...</a></p>

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