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  Virgin Airlines loves wearable tech RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-11 09:54 +0000
    Re: Virgin Airlines loves wearable tech Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 10:05 -0500
      Re: Virgin Airlines loves wearable tech RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-11 16:49 +0000
        Re: Virgin Airlines loves wearable tech wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 09:11 -0800

#242 — Virgin Airlines loves wearable tech

From the Google Glass - it's everywhere department:
Title: Virgin Atlantic tries greeting its passengers using wearable tech
Author: Jon Fingas
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:53:00 -0500
Link: http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/10/virgin-atlantic-wearables-trial/?ncid=rss_truncated

[image 1] Forget tablets in the airplane cabin -- Virgin Atlantic thinks
wearables are where it's at for improving your travel experience. The airline
has begun trialing a greeting system that uses Google Glass and Sony's
Smartwatch 2 to streamline the airport...

Links:
[1]: http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/f749dff6c2d8c6265433ee08fc17339b/google-glass-airline-staff_thumbnail.jpg (image)

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#256

On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:54:33 +0000 (UTC), RS Wood
<rswood@therandymon.com> wrote:

>From the Google Glass - it's everywhere department:
>Title: Virgin Atlantic tries greeting its passengers using wearable tech
>Author: Jon Fingas
>Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 22:53:00 -0500
>Link: http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/10/virgin-atlantic-wearables-trial/?ncid=rss_truncated
>
>[image 1] Forget tablets in the airplane cabin -- Virgin Atlantic thinks
>wearables are where it's at for improving your travel experience. The airline
>has begun trialing a greeting system that uses Google Glass and Sony's
>Smartwatch 2 to streamline the airport...

Great, because that's my main complaints with flying: the greeter
doesn't know my names. The overbooked airlines, tiny seats, long wait
times on the runway because the airports are overcrowded, the constant
nickle-and-diming for basic ammenities, and (in the US) increasingly
obtrusive "security" are minor inconveniences in comparison.

So I sure am glad Virgin is wasting money on this rather than giving
me enough leg-room so the blood can circulate down to my toes. They
sure know what will improve my "travel experience"!

<mutter mutter grumble mutter>

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#257

> Great, because that's my main complaints with flying: the greeter
> doesn't know my names. The overbooked airlines, tiny seats, long wait
> times on the runway because the airports are overcrowded, the constant
> nickle-and-diming for basic ammenities, and (in the US) increasingly
> obtrusive "security" are minor inconveniences in comparison.
> 
> So I sure am glad Virgin is wasting money on this rather than giving
> me enough leg-room so the blood can circulate down to my toes. They
> sure know what will improve my "travel experience"!
> 
> <mutter mutter grumble mutter>
> 

Ha ha - great answer.  Better still, while you're juggling trying to
prevent your pants from dropping while your belt is scanned, your boots
are in a bag, your stuff is all over the conveyor belt, etc. the TSA
rep with the white plastic gloves can be filming you from his smarmy
face and his Google Glass.

No one talks about flying the friendly skies anymore.

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#262

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:49:09 AM UTC-5, RS Wood wrote:
> Ha ha - great answer. Better still, while you're juggling trying to prevent your pants from dropping while your belt is scanned, your boots are in a bag, your stuff is all over the conveyor belt, etc. the TSA rep with the white plastic gloves can be filming you from his smarmy face and his Google Glass. No one talks about flying the friendly skies anymore.

Oy... and the TSA person's Glass will be equipped with the old "X-Ray Vision" glasses that were advertised in the backs of comic books, along with the Charles Atlas muscle-building program and the super mini Spy Cameras. Come to think of it, the TSA might be investing in all of those elite technologies!

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