[LINK] Experts criticize US electronic devices ban on some flights from Middle East

Tom Worthington tom.worthington at tomw.net.au
Tue Mar 28 09:17:07 AEDT 2017


On 22/03/17 15:24, Antony Broughton Barry wrote:
> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/21/us-electronic-devices-ban-flights-tsa-airports

If the ban on electronic devices larger than a cellphone in aircraft 
cabins continues, it may be worth airlines adding smart-phone interfaces 
to their seat-back screens.

Many airlines already provide a USB socket which can be used to charge a 
phone, or access data on a flash drive. This could be upgraded to 
screen-cast from the smart-phone to the seat-back display, via a USB 
cable (which would power the phone at the same time).

The passenger would use their phone touch screen as the interface, and 
have access to the phone's data and applications, but see the results on 
the much bigger aircraft screen.

http://blog.tomw.net.au/2017/03/smart-phone-screencast-to-airline-seat.html

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