Now check in and receive boarding pass can using PDA or smartphone. Customers use email or as an MMS or SMS on their mobile device. It is no longer necessary to print the boarding pass. The only paper document customers still need in order to travel is their personal ID.
The electronic (mobile) boarding pass contains all the information displayed on a conventional boarding pass including a unique bar code. The bar code will be scanned at the gate and can be shown at the baggage drop off points, security, lounges and at the tax free shops at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Continue reading »
How do you like the idea of living inside a shipping container? Kinda weird? But that’s not the case with the Adam Kalkin’s prehab homes made from shipping containers. The architect makes container homes that are good looking, transportable and recyclable. He isn’t the only architect to make shipping container homes, but what he creates is exceptional and luxurious. The best examples that explain his creativity are the Bunny Lane, his own home built with a 19th century clapboard cottage inside an industrial hanger, and the Push Button House, which takes just 90 seconds to expand to reveal a five-room home. Anyway, Kalkin charges $150-$400 per square foot for his container homes and the cheapest of his creations sells for $50,000. 
A long awaited advancement in swimwear, Sun Dry Technologies, a division of Solestrom International, has launched a line of swimwear that dries itself instantly. The swimwear is made out of active wear fabric that repels wetness and you wouldn’t really have to wait long to the suit to dry off. You just got to shake a bit and the water would disappear of the swimwear. It attempts to bring unparalleled comfort regardless of whether you’re just in the pool for water recreation or are a serious swimmer who times your laps each time you have a go, hoping to improve on your previous record. Sun Dry Swim boasts quick dry nanotechnology enhanced active wear fabric which is able to shed water as naturally as skin. Once you step out of the pool, wetness surfaces and beads off Sun Dry Swim fabric, requiring but a simple shake for it to dry. 
The Alaska Airlines announced it will offer a satellite-based trial Wi-Fi service during its flights to users with wireless Internet access. The service, offered by Row 44, has been in development for the past two years and will be available on the Airlines’ specially-outfitted Boeing 737-700 passenger jets. Most common features will be accessible, including web browsing, online music and games, e-mail, IM chat and connections to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). The 60-day trial will be free and offered on afternoon flights between Seattle and San Jose, CA. After the trial period, Alaska Airlines will develop a schedule for expanding the offering to other flights and airplanes.