Hotel of Tomorrow (HOT) project, an industry-spanning initiative put together by Hospitality Design (HD) magazine and Gettys, a Chicago-based design firm have come up with some really wacky novel ideas for future hotel rooms:
- A touch-screen unit that lets you single out hotel rooms the way you pick airline seats. Get the room of your choice if you book on time.
- Nano-painted walls that provide on-demand electricity exclusive of cords or cables. You command the room obeys.
- Biometric monitors that adjust lighting, temperature, and humidity based on your health needs and personal preferences. Ah........ the spa treatment inside the room.
- Self-cleaning, Nano-fiber linens and light-emitting pillows for late-night reading. Personally I love the smell and comfort of freshly washed linen.
- You almost bathe in your bed! In a Combined bed/bath unit in which the sleep surface can be retracted to make a bathtub and shower.
- Floor pad to monitor guests’ health through their feet and a mirror to display the data and something called ‘elective physical modifications.’ Hotel rooms would dare to inform you as to how incorrect your being is as per scientific commendations, they might even suggest what corrective surgery you need.
- Fashion consulting system, which would take your plans (work, exercise, a night on the town) and personal preferences into account and then display appropriate clothing from local retailers. Now we take the systems advise even on clothes.
Given the rate of technological advancements these days they’re not as fantastic as they sound. Nanotecnology is focused on controlling and exploiting the structure of matter on a scale below 100 nanometers. For Rob Lovitt the idea was a little weird considering he’s not a technophobe, but can sure be technofeeble and I for one completely agree with him. So many.... Choices would only confuse. The trip would seem like going and living in a room that dictates your every need as though you can not think for yourself. We also can not rule out the possible mistreatment of future hotel appliances by future guests. Considering that the destructive nature of man does survive generations.
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While some of the tech-speack involved in the project can seem overwhelming, one of the things that H.O.T. tries to do is urge hotels to make guests’ stays as personalized as possible. This means being able to pick your room via the touchscreen panel, instant communication with hotel staff via a handheld device, and even the temperature regulating bedding. There are tons of ideas surrounding the project...sometimes too many to include in one story!
Disclosure: I work with Gettys to promote H.O.T.