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Fact: Wireless earbuds have made our lives far easier, especially when it comes to commuting or working out. That said, there are still things about old-school wired headphones we do miss sometimes.
Crew rest areas exist on all airplanes, but what these rest areas look like depends on the airline, aircraft and the length of the flight. “If we’re going somewhere over, say, 13 hours, we ...
It can be confusing when you’re looking up at a clear blue sky but your flight is delayed by weather. United Airlines knows that and will now send passengers real-time weather maps to explain ...
When the phone is set on the pad, a coil in the pad creates a magnetic field [1] which induces a current in another coil, in the phone, charging its battery. Wireless power transfer ( WPT ), wireless power transmission, wireless energy transmission ( WET ), or electromagnetic power transfer is the transmission of electrical energy without wires ...
Inductive charging. The primary coil in the charger induces a current in the secondary coil in the device being charged. Inductive charging (also known as wireless charging or cordless charging) is a type of wireless power transfer. It uses electromagnetic induction to provide electricity to portable devices. Inductive charging is also used in ...
Night flying restrictions or night-time curfews, [1] including night flight bans, are any regulations or legislation imposed by a governing body to limit the ground-perceived exposure to aircraft noise pollution during the night hours, when the majority of residents are trying to sleep. Such regulations may include restrictions to available ...
Boeing paid a $243.6 million fine in exchange for avoiding charges that it deceived regulators about a flight system. The DOJ is now alleging that Boeing failed to make agreed-upon changes to ...
Flight attendants could now change movies in-flight and add short subject programming. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, CRT-based projectors began to appear on newer widebody aircraft, such as the Boeing 767. These used LaserDiscs or video cassettes for playback. Some airlines upgraded the old film IFE systems to the CRT-based systems in the ...