Boeing bonanza

Boeing is the latest pie in the sky. Indian airlines like Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher have ordered 138 Boeings of various specifications. To boost its flagging operations, Air India alone has pitched for 68 such hi-fliers. On board Air India’s first Boeing 777-200 LR, A. J. Philip recounts the historic non-stop flight from the US to India
AFTER a gruelling flight of over 24 hours with two stoppages en route at Frankfurt and Los Angeles, it is a test of endurance we — a group of journalists from India — have to undergo in the name of security before boarding a Delta flight to Seattle in Washington.

A team of Japanese researchers from Osaka University has designed a set of emotion- sensing furniture that senses people’s presence and gradually changes colour. Called Fuwapica, which loosely translated means "soft and flashy," the interactive set, which could be in shops, airports, museums, or bars within a year or two, uses technology to extend people’s emotional state into a room that may be devoid of ancient ideas, say its inventors.