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Designing the self-aware cabin of the very near future – Runway Girl

Elements like smart overhead bins, equipped with sensors and connected to an aircraft IoT system which offers real-time reporting to crew tablets can save time at boarding, identifying space available at a quick glance.

We’ve recently seen three similar proposals for such smart bins, at Astronic’s booth during the APEX Expo last year in Boston and again at this year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, at Safran’s booth during AIX (behind closed doors) and at Airbus’ recent Innovation Days outside of Toulouse, where the airframer displayed its Connected Cabin vision.

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