Added 26 May, 2013
The Sydney Harbour Tunnel in Australia has successfully developed and installed a radical new safety warning system that solves the persistent problem of drivers ignoring other more conventional signals to stop. The Softstop Barrier System produces a pseudo holographic image that appears to float in mid air, commanding the attention of the...
Added 21 May, 2013
The Dubai-based airline revealed that the lounges will be available starting next month on several of its long-haul routes flown using Airbus’ superjumbo A380. "With our new Signature Shisha Rooms premium customers will be now be able to relax amid luxurious surroundings with a traditional waterpipe,” the airline said in a press release....
Added 21 May, 2013
More and more we're seeing technology being an answer to the world's various problems. Several solutions have been suggested for the near-universal challenge of finding parking, and so far, this one is the best. ParkMe is a magical app that aggregates real-time parking data to reveal available spaces and the lowest prices for both on- and off-...
Added 21 May, 2013
Slowly but surely, the quality of airport food is rising the world over. One of the latest places to get a gourmet makeover is London Heathrow, where a pair of famous television foodies is looking to improve the airport eating experience. John Torode and Gregg Wallace from the BBC show Masterchef are taking on a six-month culinary challenge at the...
Added 19 May, 2013
Americans are driving less today than we did just a few years ago. Sometime around 2004, our addiction to driving took a turn in the opposite direction. Per capita, we began to drive fewer miles each year than we had the year before. As the U.S. population has continued to grow, our collective miles traveled by car has begun to stagnate. It’s not...
Added 17 May, 2013
At home there's the backyard garden, the local co-op farmers market and the stash of homemade pickles, but on the road, what's a food-loving locavore to do? Track down a farm-to-hotel of course. It's not just specialty and boutique hotels that are taking on the trend. Hyatt Hotels Corporation started a food initiative last May that requires that...
Added 16 May, 2013
Bed bugs are on the rise throughout North America especially and they are the bane of most hoteliers. Guests, quite frankly, don't want to even think about it. GoodKnight is creating a bed bug-free bed that uses heat to eliminate bed bug infestations. Will this technology represent the future for hotels?
Added 15 May, 2013
When we're asked what the trend on such-and-such is, the answer is usually that it is going to get more so. That's the definition of a trend really -- a perceivable movement in direction of something. And roller coaster culture is no different. This one, called The Smiler, is two minutes and 45 seconds of mind-blowing effects and...
Added 13 May, 2013
The biometric gates at Dublin Airport are using facial-recognition technology to speed passengers through border control. While it now gets passengers through automatic border control gates in as few as 8 seconds, it doesn't bode well for privacy campaigners who see this as a harbinger for widespread, general public use of this technology. “Many...
Added 13 May, 2013
The past few years it was looking like hotels would follow the airline model, by charging lots of ancillary fees for everything from parking to Wi-Fi. However, it now looks like that strategy is being abandoned. Instead, many hotels are putting most of their attention into raising room rates. In 2012, room revenue was about 68% of total revenue,...