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This guy thinks he's found a new standing desk customer...your kid

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Could wobbling while you work make you more productive? The entrepreneur who crowdfunded a balance board for standing desk workers thinks so. In fact, he's recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a standing desk for kids.

The kiddie product, called "The UpGrade," is a height-adjustable standing desk for kids and a balance board. It's a "learning station designed to bring motion to the classroom," according to the campaign description.

A stand up desk with balancing board for the classroom.
Source: Upgrade | Kickstarter

Joel Heath, founder of FluidStance, is the entrepreneur behind both the balance board for adults and the kids' desk.

But making homework more fun doesn't come cheap. For about $700, a campaign contributor gets one balancing board and a table — called the "Homework UpGrade."

For about $950, a person gets the "Classroom Upgrade," or three balancing boards and a table.

Like the "Toms Shoes" model, for every purchase made, one learning station is donated. As of Monday, the campaign had drawn about 40 percent of its $45,000 goal.