http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/ Engadget Comments for Airbus files patent for jetlag zapper http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 24th 2006 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/
lol, I like the comment "Surely (don't call me Shirley!)" I think he was anticipating comments on that.]]>Aug 24th 2006 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 24th 2006 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 24th 2006 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/i can imagine it now

airplane attendant: please turn off all electronic devices during takeoff and landing or we will create an electromagnetic field around your seat to fry them]]>Aug 24th 2006 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 24th 2006 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 30th 2006 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 24th 2006 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 24th 2006 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/
But yeah, this is genious. Know why? Even if it doesn't work, they can pretend like it does and say "Our airline is the only airline with devices designed to completely end jetlag"
It's true. That's what their designed to do. Whether they work or not isn't the point, so long as they can put that line on a commercial.
Damn capitalism.
-Taylor]]>Aug 24th 2006 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 24th 2006 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 24th 2006 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 24th 2006 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/
The pic did make this story better.]]>Aug 24th 2006 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 24th 2006 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/
I would like to see some research (I don't want no damn patents!) that shows this would actually be effective.]]>Aug 24th 2006 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/
You want to reduce stress? How about putting planes in the air that don't require me to stow my bag in the ass of the passenger in front of me? Seriously I flew to Pittsburgh via NWA. My fracking laptop case wouldn't fit in the overhead compartment and its a pretty damn small case. The airlines are getting cheaper and cheaper by the day. I don't have any problems spending a bit more on my ticket if it means better accommodations.

PS- And NEVER let cell phones work on a plane. You want me to assure that I will fly one and only one airline? Have that airline make an upfront commitment to never install the hardware to allow cellphone to work on their planes and I'll spend the extra $100+ to take their flight if it means not listening to bob take about his hair plugs and what his wife should make for dinner when he gets home.
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Oh, and Airbus, you might want to think about getting your products out the door on time (cough, cough, A380...cough, cough,Spruce Goose 2) and revitalizing your product lineup (A350, wherefore art thou, A350?) before you start screwing with passenger's bodies.

Just my 2 cents of sense...]]>Aug 24th 2006 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/
Better stick with snakes on a plane... if you're running from a snake, you're not getting deep vein thrombosis.]]>Aug 24th 2006 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/
Sounds like an idea that wasn't entirely thought through.

Do you think the EM field would be enough to garble the info on the magnetic strip on your boarding pass?

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The iron in human blood is NOT ferromagnetic, therefor magnets cannot affect bloodflow. If blood were, an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) would be dangerous.

A "healing" magnet is rated at 300-500 gauss. The magnet in an MRI system is rated at 1-2 teslas (1 tesla = 10,000 gauss). If blood were ferromagnetic, what do you think a 20,000 gauss magnet would do?! ]]>Aug 25th 2006 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 25th 2006 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/It would pull the blood out of the body through the shortest line of resistance. I would wonder, would it pull through each pore of the body or tear through at every point. Either way, after the MRI is turned off, it would be quite a freakin mess.

Up until possibly my comment this was the perfect piece of geeky, funny, engadget journalism]]>Aug 25th 2006 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/]]>Aug 25th 2006 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/airbus-files-patent-for-jetlag-zapper/Aug 27th 2006 9:42AM