Zap Away Your Useless Business Meetings with ‘Beam’

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t is time for all kind of business execs to bid farewell to boring travel meetings. Especially the fact when you are part of a company’s board of directors and you see no end to fruitless business meetings, ‘Beam Telepresence’ can shave off that lousy unwanted edge for you.

What is Beam Telepresence?

Invented by ‘Suitable Technologies’, ‘Beam Telepresence’ is an innovative step up in the remote controlled robot environment. Your presence is projected over a distant location without requiring for you to show up, is a huge advancement in online telecommunication meetings.

People also interpret Beam Telepresence as a live webcam on wheels, as you can roam around the offices to keep an eye on colleagues and subordinates. Imagine a robotic screen on wheels; that’s what this whole invention is all about.

I know for sure that employees that play Farmville on company’s time will have a hard time dodging this robot. What if your boss’s mechanic self is standing right behind you, while you are chatting away lavishly with your ex-girlfriend?

Beam Robot’s General Specs?

The long term name for this device is ‘Beam Remote Presence System’. Can’t really call it BRPS or Burps for that matter, can you? Fun stuff apart, the device is 5 feet tall, and weighs in at 95 pounds. There is a 17 Inches LED screen and a built in Wi-Fi, alongside flash lights to catch those “special official moments” in action.

The device is operated through Windows and Mac OSX. No one has made any announcements about Android OS yet. As for the price tag, ‘Suitable Technology’ is probably not in the mood for offering any discounts. Seems like $16,000 for a 5 inch screen on wheels machine is too much to ask for. Oh, did I mention that you’re going to have to buy the Charging Dock for ‘Beam Remote Presence System’?

The company’s spokesperson told in an interview, “Since work force growth is dispersing day by day, it has become essential for managers to have knowledge about their staff members. Based on the physical location of the employee, the employer doesn’t have to keep track of anyone’s address anymore.”