Next Big Thing – Airbus of the future

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Airbus sounds boring and functional, what’s the big deal?

Airbus has revealed a concept plane that harvests energy from passengers. No, not in a Matrix man-farm kind of way. Instead, the chairs, which auto-morph to your body-shape using smart materials move about the aircraft to suit space and lighting while absorbing your heat and using it to power the jet turbines.

Cool, but I’m still waiting for an iPad dock on my tray table

Onboard gadgetry of the future could also include gesture control window tinting, an adjustable multi-purpose function room, hand-recognition entry pads, separate acupuncture/aromatherapy and tech-heavy seating areas and a luggage loading bay that delivers your hand-luggage to the overhead locker above your seat – no more queuing to get on and off. Watch the whole video here.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website. Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.