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In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to the entertainment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. In 1936, the airship Hindenburg offered passengers a piano, lounge, dining room, smoking room, and bar during the 2½ day flight between Europe and America. After the Second World War, IFE was delivered in the form of food and drink services, along with an occasional projector movie during lengthy flights. In 1985 the first personal audio player was offered to passengers, along with noise cancelling headphones in 1989. During the 1990s the demand for better IFE was a major factor in the design of aircraft cabins. Before then, the most a passenger could expect was a movie projected on a screen at the front of a cabin, which could be heard via a headphone socket at his or her seat. Now, in most aircraft, private IFE TV screens are offered on most airlines.
The largest manufacturers of IFE systems are Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Thales Group, Lumexis, Gogo, AdonisOne In-flight Entertainment system & Moving Map Systems, Flight Display Systems, Jet Juke Box, On Air, Row 44, Rockwell Collins, and LiveTV. The current European trend is to implement bring your own device systems that provide intranet connectivity, allowing the user to stream a predefined range of multimedia content. Following this trend, companies such as Immfly are advancing at a fast pace to deliver on-board entertainment on short-haul commercial flights. Design issues for IFE include system safety, cost efficiency, software reliability, hardware maintenance, and user compatibility.
Molly Kristin Wood (born (1975-05-23)May 23, 1975) is the tech correspondent and backup host with Marketplace. She has previously held positions as an executive editor at CNET.com as well as a writer for the Associated Press, MacHome Journal magazine, O'Reilly Media, and the deputy technology editor for the Business Day section of the New York Times. Wood hosted the "Gadgettes"podcast with Kelly Morrison and "The Buzz Report", a technology video news column that was published weekly. She has appeared in mainstream media shows such as Live! With Regis and Kelly, American Public Media's Marketplace, and CNBC's On the Money and was the co-host of the Buzz Out Loud podcast with Tom Merritt, then Brian Tong, which ended in early 2012.
Molly Wood was born in Helena, Montana. She has a BA in journalism with a major in French from the University of Montana-Missoula. During her senior year (June 1996 - May 1997) she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the The Montana Kaimin, the daily student newspaper of the University of Montana. Upon graduation, she took a job as a reporter at The Missoulian. In July 1997, she joined the Associated Press, handling a variety of both general news and sports stories in the Western United States.
"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.
The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either passively, openly or via sabotage.
As a phrase meaning "the boss" it dates from at least 1918.
In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.
The use of this term was expanded to counterculture groups and their battles against authority, such as the Yippies, which, according to a May 19, 1969 article in U.S. News and World Report, had the "avowed aim ... to destroy 'The Man', their term for the present system of government". The term eventually found its way into humorous usage, such as in a December 1979 motorcycle ad from the magazine Easyriders which featured the tagline, "California residents: Add 6% sales tax for The Man."
Virgin America is the cream of the crop when it comes to high-tech in-flight entertainment, says tech columnist Molly Wood. Travelers can have wifi and free satellite television, all from their seat. Produced by: Molly Wood and Rebekah Fergusson Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/1w2Sctz Subscribe to the Times Video newsletter for free and get a handpicked selection of the best videos from The New York Times every week: http://bit.ly/timesvideonewsletter Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n Watch more videos at: http://nytimes.com/video --------------------------------------------------------------- Want more from The New York Times? Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytvideo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nytimes Google+: https://plus.google.com/+nytimes/ Whether it...
Watch an interactive flight like you've never seen before as some 250 Boeing employees try to push the 787 Dreamliner's in-flight entertainment system to the limits. With group and individual tests, Boeing tries to overwhelm the state-of-the-art system ahead of its entry into commercial service.
I want to record this video to showcase the entertainment on Emirates flights. More information: http://goo.gl/n44eh2
A well-known computer researcher allegedly hacked into a plane's command system while he was on board - using his laptop. The FBI says Chris Roberts told them he was able to force the plane to change course in mid-air.Sign up for Snowmail, your daily preview of what is on Channel 4 News, sent straight to your inbox, here: http://mailing.channel4.com/public/snowmail/remotebox.jsp Missed Channel 4 News? Catch up on the last seven days here: http://www.channel4.com/news/catch-up/ Channel 4 News weather forecast, with Liam Dutton: http://www.channel4.com/weather/ All the latest blog posts from the Channel 4 News on-screen talent: http://blogs.channel4.com/news/
Just a quick review of the Virgin Atlantic in flight entertainment system known as Vera. I fly with Virgin Atlantic between London and Orlando on a regular basis and find the Vera system very good although the touch screen is not the most responsive I have ever used. Overall I like the system and think it's more modern than the British Airways one. For over 600+ Orlando Villas to rent direct from the owners only minutes from Disney World please visit our web site http://www.vr360homes.com
The FBI is investigating Chris Roberts, a computer security expert, who told the agency he hacked into a plane's in-flight entertainment system while on board and managed to move the plane sideways. Here is an animation of how Roberts allegedly hacked the plane’s computer system according to the FBI's search warrant application.
We love your work, In-flight Entertainment Expert. That’s why we designed the new Dell XPS 13 with a virtually borderless display to unleash a more epic onboard viewing experience. So make sure your seat belts are securely fastened and enjoy your flight. View more at: http://www.dell.com/xps
Boeing really do take it to the limit when it comes to testing their aircraft. This video from Boeing shows exactly what they do to test the new in-flight entertainment and power systems on board the new 787 Dreamliner. For over 200 Boeing employees it was a chance to take a 7 hour flight in the new model and see just how good the aircraft worked. The dimming windows are a very sleek feature and the amount of power that this cabin can provide is very impressive - especially as the focus is so much on in-flight entertainment and connectivity. Some of the Boeing tests carried out on the 787 Dreamliner included pausing all the movies on every IFE screen at the same time, moving all the business class seats at the same time and even charging mobile phones, laptops and playing with the IFE a...
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Get ready for the best in-flight entertainment at your fingertips you'll find this November. We're getting in on the action with our own collection of petrol-fuelled entertainment, including furios 7 and Cars. And don't forget you can choose from our usual array of up-to the minute movies, including The legend of Tarzan, Ghostbusters and Absolutely amazing: the movie. Or alternatively catch-up on the latest from the Premiership and Champions League with Sports 24 if a movie isn't your thing. There are over 600 hours of entertainment a swipe away, so the rest is really up to you!
See what’s on Virgin Australia’s In-Flight Entertainment system in November. * Virgin Australia In-Flight Entertainment content is subject to change at any time without notice and may not always match the content shown on this channel.
This is a project for one of our UX/UI papers in second year Design. We (Sheridan and I) had to redesign a pathway of the Air NZ in-flight entertainment system. We chose to do the watch pathway for TV and movies. Music by e-soundtrax e-soundtrax : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmqmVRMWMj8pIW9K5bfuBjw Presentation instrumental : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej3tUvqOqmw
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Enjoy the features of our in flight individual entertainment system.
This is one way to take care of a brat.
I had a chance to ride an A321 in August and it was amazing in and out. The highlight is the new in-flight entertainment system, which works very smoothly like a smartphone. The screen is HD quality and I could not be happier with a flight tracker map that really works. The new IFE system is installed in every seat and also in DL's other planes like B739 and B753 etc. My seat is in the Comfort+ section (a.k.a. coach seat with a few more inches of legroom). The coach seat feels wider than many other coach seats that I have sat on. According to Delta's fleet page, the seat width is 18 inches, which is much better than 17.2 inches on Delta's 737, 757 or MD88. On my trip back to ATL, I sat in first class and the seat feels the same as in 737 or 757. So, the improvement of coach seats and IFE...
Finnish design-driven software company Reaktor participates in the Service Design Achievement of the Year 2015 competition with their project to redesign the Finnair in-flight entertainment service. The presentation slides can be found on slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/Service_Design_Breakfast/reaktor-inflight-entertainment-service
Panasonic Avionics - In-Flight Entertainment, Connecting business and pleasure of flying Presented by: Gary Townsend Recorded at the Qt Developer Days in SF in 2011 Panasonic Avionics delivers cabin entertainment solutions including audio and video on demand, broadcast TV, telephony, wireless internet and games to over 5 million passengers daily with 100 airlines on over 3200 airplanes! Qt is the standard offered software platform for Panasonic's X series product line. The X series includes smart monitors, handsets and game-pads; all powered by 2D/3D accelerated QML. QtQuick is involved in every step of software development to create a unique interactive seat application for every airline. Using Qt Creator, engineering works with designers and airlines to mock up an initial concept in re...
Greetings, folks! Welcome, and please join me on my very first venture into the world of Capcom's famous series, Devil May Cry! Devil May Cry is a video game series developed by Capcom and created by Hideki Kamiya. Originally intended to be a sequel in Capcom's Resident Evil series, in development it became such a radical departure from the series' style that it was developed into a new property entirely. The series centers on the main character Dante's goal of avenging his mother's murder by exterminating demons. The gameplay consists of heavy combat scenes in which the player must attempt to extend long chains of attacks while avoiding damage in order to exhibit stylized combat; this element along with time and the amount of items collected and used are taken under consideration when g...
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Here's a half hour (22 minutes) 'episode' of Naveed Mahbub's Bangla stand-up comedy at BRAC University, Dhaka. This episode is scheduled to be available on Bangladesh Biman's on-demand in-flight entertainment system starting April 2015. www.NaveedMahbub.com
David Arcos - Python in the Sky: In-Flight Entertainment with Python [EuroPython 2015] [20 July 2015] [Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain] Case study of [Immfly][1]'s Wireless In-Flight Entertainment system, built using Python. This talk will show the basic requirements for the system and the architecture decisions we took. Besides, running software at 10.000 meters implies new unexpected challenges, different from the ones we encounter day-to-day. We'll focus on how we solved them. Slides: [https://www.slideshare.net/DZPM/python-in-the-sky/][2] [1]: http://immfly.com [2]: https://www.slideshare.net/DZPM/python-in-the-sky/
Long haul flight: THY77 IST - MIA My seat number: 29K -Istanbul Int. Airport -Boarding -Seating -Take off -In flight entertainment -Food and beverage [ dinner , breakfast ] -Landing -Miami Airport
For today's video, here is a full flight experience on board Delta Airlines' Boeing 717 from Newark to Atlanta! This flight was Delta Airlines Flight 2453 DAL2453/DL2453 with service to Hartsfield Jackson International Airport (KATL/ATL) from Newark Liberty International Airport (KEWR/EWR). The aircraft I flew was N915AT, a Boeing 717-231, which had it's first flight in March 2001, making the aircraft 13.6 years old! During the video, I was sitting in Seat 23E. FLIGHT EXPERIENCE : Information about Delta Airlines : Delta Airlines is one of the "big 3" carriers of the United States, and serves many destinations in the world internationally with a large variety of aircraft. Delta's fares are usually low cost and they offer good in-flight entertainment most of the time. The legroom is al...
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When the debts arrive
The sun is gonna burst in the sky
Around the fire light
Unaware we’ll send up the last night
And the air on the outside
Won’t ever pay for
All the air on the other side
That we never asked for
If the world was in flight
What did you wait for?
If the world isn’t gonna end…
CHORUS
When the debts arrive
How many won’t side
When the debts arrive
You are the first light
All you’ll ever write
Is the past was no more than our lives
Blinded by the light,
Unaware you’ll send up the last night
And the air on the outside
Won’t ever pay for
All the air on the other side
That we never asked for
If the world was in flight
What did you wait for?
If the world isn’t gonna end…
CHORUS
When the debts arrive
How many won’t side
When the debts arrive