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Underwater robots, Google Moon, edible beetles and ID cards
Photo Airport IT supplier Sita developed this mobile web app for air travellers, currently being trialled by Malaysia Airlines, that allows them to check flight schedules and fares from their phones. Photo... [04 Aug 2009]
Photos: The tech keeping the world's airports flying high
Photo Sita has also developed a mobile web app for air travellers, currently being trialled by Malaysia Airlines, that allows passengers to check flight schedules and fares from their phones. The apps,... [07 Jul 2009]
Has in-flight entertainment got wings in the iPod era?
News When an airplane is outfitted it is expected to last 10 to 12 years so, as a consequence, most of the in-flight entertainment devices are obsolete within maybe two years," Hansman told the Sita... [03 Jul 2009]
Take a trip to the future of air travel
News For instance, if you are getting out of your car at the airport, the app that has the details of your flight realises you have not checked-in and lights up and asks you whether you want to... [03 Jul 2009]
British Airways: No mobiles on old planes
News British Airways CEO Willie Walsh has said the airline will not extend in-flight mobile comms to any of its aircraft already in service. BA CIO Paul Coby predicted "exciting" new... [01 Jul 2009]
Aircraft Engine On-Board Diagnostics Based on Neural Network
White Paper Current research recommends to move from trend analysis of gasdynamics parameters measured on the engine during flight to numerical analysis of engines air-gas path defects criteria using neural networks... [04 Aug 2008]
Bumpy landing for Bangalore's airport dream
Comment Shenoy gets all the way to London from Bangalore in about twice the time his colleagues take to travel to the airport to catch a domestic flight. When Shenoy arrived at the airport last month to board a... [30 Jul 2008]
Mobile phones key to paperless air travel
News GPS-enabled handsets could also be used to track passengers in airports, with the potential to save airlines $600m by cutting flight delays, with messages sent to wayward passengers to move them to gates... [20 Jun 2008]
£400m 'biometric borders' bidders revealed
News The system will have access to advance passenger information from airlines, including name, date of birth, nationality and passport details, and this data will be cross-referenced against government databases before the individual boards... [06 Nov 2006]
Wi-fi trains get satellite broadband boost
News Last month Korean Air said it would sue Boeing over the failure of its in-flight broadband venture, Connexion by Boeing. The Korea Times said the airline had spent $400,000 equipping 29... [13 Sep 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Wireless access - the US v Europe
Comment I'd say half get it and the other half need to book a flight to the US to give it a try. Might it be to do with infrastructure - road, rail, air transport and communication networks and... [13 Jun 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Energy worries
Comment This column was compiled whilst flying Bombay-London-Washington-Charleston in just 20 flight hours. Drafted on a BA flight between London and Berlin. Further additions complied on a... [29 Jul 2004]
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