Coronavirus Australia: NapCity has launched a $50,000 private pod ideal for home office workers
This portable pod is ideal for at-home workers looking for some peace and quiet. But you’ll need to stump up the cash, with prices starting from $50,000.
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Having a little private pod complete with Wi-Fi and a mini fridge feels like something straight out of a sci-fi novel but it’s real – and selling for $70,000.
US tech company NapCity originally launched its never-before-seen ‘NapCabs’ for travellers in an airport wanting a place to wait and relax, but once COVID-19 hit, they had to think outside the square.
Enter your own mobile office unit of 13x13sq m.
The company has also suggested using their Nap Cabin for private medical waiting areas, conference rooms, mobile offices and even homeless shelters.
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NapCity president Stephen Rosenfeld called the invention a “private space as a service”.
With travel off the tables, and many international routes closed, Mr Rosenfeld is pitching his NapCabs as hotels, offices, wellness centres, and anything else that can fit in the space.
In the past few months, COVID-19 has caused a massive rise in tiny backyard office designs, so there may be room for more growth in the tiny space industry.
These private pods were already implemented at the Munich and Berlin-Tegel airports, and are coming soon to Frankfurt.
The pods come with a range of features ideal for a post-COVID world, including doors and payment systems that require no touch, as well as an air filtration system.
On the company website, NapCity lists the range of features in the $US50,000 ($A70,000) ‘L’ NapCab model: Fully automated entry, automated payment system, dual computer integration, a 4K 42” Smart TV, individual internet router, fire suppressant system, HEPA air filter system, ATM security camera, internal and external ad spaces and an easy install with one spot connect and quick connect electrical system.
The inside and outside of the NapCab are customisable.
Originally published as Coronavirus Australia: NapCity has launched a $50,000 private pod ideal for home office workers