Author: The Skeptical Traveler

Peng Heng Space Capsules Hotel, one of China’s weird/amazing hotels

Pengheng Space Capsules Hotel opened a few months ago in Shenzhen (city of 10 mil. people located some 20 km from Hong Kong). The hotel has robots performing menial tasks and rooms shaped as tiny space capsules. It is a pity the hotel’s website is not in English. Perhaps they could have drawn foreign tourists…

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Transition, the Flying Car

In fact Transition is more “roadable airplane” then “flying car”. Two prototypes have been built and over 100 people have advance-ordered them, the first delivery is scheduled for 2015. The company behind the airplane/car is Terrafugia that has already raised $10 million in funding. “Transition, is a two-seater folding-wing aerocar that is designed to comply…

Ask a Flight Attendant Anything About Her Job

I have just come across a very interesting site: “At Jobstr.com, you can ask people anything about their jobs and answer questions about yours. It’s as though we took the classic “What do you do?” cocktail party question and turned it into a website…minus the awkward small-talk.” The following are the top 4 highest rated…