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34 Awesome Airport Innovations

From Guilt-Free Eco Airports to Resident Airport Writers

— April 24, 2010 — Tech
I'm afraid of airplanes, but these awesome airport innovations may help cure what ails me. I do love me a good port now and then. (Ha.)

Air travel is notoriously riddled with hassle these days, but the airports in this cluster found creative ways to keep passengers happy. From eco airports to airport karaoke, these awesome airport innovations make me want to hop on a plane sooner rather than later.

Implications - Especially if that plane can be boarded from an extraterrestrial airport terminal. Other airport innovations found in this list include compact airport castles, twitterific airports and strip-searching body scanners.
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Guilt-Free Eco Airports
Guilt-Free Eco Airports
San Francisco Introduces World's First Carbon Offset Kiosks
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33
Scaring Airport Birds
Scaring Airport Birds
Mean Robotic Falco
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32
Airport Take Out
Airport Take Out
Food for Travellers
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31
Airport Security Brain Fingerprinting
Airport Security Brain Fingerprinting
Behavioral Intent Research
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30
Peeping Security Scans
Peeping Security Scans
Manchester Checks out X-Ray Tech at the Airport
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29
Resident Airport Writers
Resident Airport Writers
London's Heathrow Airport Enlists Alain de Botton for New Book
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28
Avis Now Providing Wi-Fi
Avis Now Providing Wi-Fi
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27
Airport Tarmac Turned Catwalk
Airport Tarmac Turned Catwalk
Berlin Fashion Week 2008
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26
Keep Your Shoes On at the Airport
Keep Your Shoes On at the Airport
T-Ray Scanners
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25
Airport Karaoke
Airport Karaoke
Sing Away Your Travel Stress
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24
Airport Hostility Detector
Airport Hostility Detector
FAST System
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23
Twitterific Airports
Twitterific Airports
The Twitter Boarding Tool Lets People Tweet and Meet Before Flights
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22
Mega Terminals
Mega Terminals
Beijing Terminal 3 is World's Largest Building
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21
Frequent-Flier Humor
Frequent-Flier Humor
Cheeky TSA Project Tests Airport Screeners' Patience
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20
Airport Checkpoint of the Future
Airport Checkpoint of the Future
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19
Sleeping in Airports
Sleeping in Airports
Wired.com's Terminal Man Takes on JetBlue's All You Can Fly Pass
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18
Speed Through Airport Security with Clear
Speed Through Airport Security with Clear
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17
Airports as Shopping Destinations
Airports as Shopping Destinations
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16
Fleshmobs at Airports
Fleshmobs at Airports
Germans Bare All to Protest Full Body Scanners
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15
Airport Energy Converters
Airport Energy Converters
'Green Noise' Turns Airport Sounds into Energy
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14
Airport Electroscooters
Airport Electroscooters
The Nexus is Specially Designed for Airports
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13
Floating Airports
Floating Airports
Holland Concept Features Rotating Runways
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12
Step-On X-Rays For Airport Security
Step-On X-Rays For Airport Security
Mag Shoe Lets You Keep Your Shoes On
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11
Airport VIP For Pets
Airport VIP For Pets
Lufthansa Frankfurt Animal Lounge
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10
Extraterrestrial Airport Terminals
Extraterrestrial Airport Terminals
Ed Lopez Imagines Year 3000 Travel in 'Space Port'
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9
Amazing Airport Lounges
Amazing Airport Lounges
Ava Bar in Bulgaria Puts Weary Travelers at Ease
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8
Photovoltaic Solar Airports
Photovoltaic Solar Airports
Burbank's Hangar 25 is World's Greenest
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7
Compact Airport Castles
Compact Airport Castles
The Dream and Fly Micro Hotel is Jet Set on Making You Comfortable
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6
Airport Transportation Made Easy
Airport Transportation Made Easy
The SkyLift
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5
Airports as Monuments
Airports as Monuments
9 Amazing New Airports
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4
Airport Micro Hotels
Airport Micro Hotels
Comfortable, Personal Napcabs at Munich Airport
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3
Strip-Searching Body Scanners
Strip-Searching Body Scanners
Australian Security Gadget Finds Contraband Down Under
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2
Multi-Billion Dollar Airport
Multi-Billion Dollar Airport
Beijing's Luxury Terminal
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1
Airport Security Friendly Laptop Bags
Airport Security Friendly Laptop Bags
The Checkpoint Flyer
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