Airports are places where people spend a lot of idle time waiting for their connecting flights or delayed flights, in these situations one very important issue that travelers face is the long uncomfortable waiting hours where they cant have enough privacy and cant rest or enjoy their free while connecting between their flights. Airpod is presenting us with a simple and elegant solution to our needs to have a private personal space that is mobile and fully functional in providing comfortable rest and various facilities for the person's interest satisfaction.
IS THERE A MARKET FOR AIRPOD
Surveys conducted with over 10000 international travelers, one major requirement that almost 36% of respondents have expressed that a sleeping pod would be something that would really interest them and it would be a commodity that they would be willing to pay for their personal sleeping and resting space right there at the airport. The reason being the many features that people waiting at airports would really need to better spend their time are being provided, and by completing those wishes of providing personal space, privacy, comfort, multimedia privileges, maks airpod quite desirable for the flyers waiting at the airports.sleepingairports.net surveyed people if they would be willing to pay for using the airpod or similar features that it provides, over 50% people agreed to pay for having access to these features.
FEATURES OF THE AIRPOD
For keeping privacy, windows will be darkened while a 180 degree views through the glasses and 360 degree through the outside cameras.convertible seats into beds as per the needs of the flyer, all high-end electrical devices compatibility so that flyers can work or relax in private. High-class upholstery leathers for maintaining noise insulation for a more relaxed and private experience. The vibrating plate feature for listening music will the make the flyer feel the sound physically by enhancing it.
ROLE OF THE BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY AND SMART CONTRACTS
The decentralized application platform (DApp), the airpod team has built their own customized blockchain more suited to their needs, providing the users with the feature to pay for their rent via the APOD token. In the beta version of the platform, access will be limited to ICO contributors, APOD holders will have the right to participate in the sponsorship program for creating and manufacturing airpod units via the exchange of the APOD tokens, interested parties can trade between each other the sponsorship programs to be bought or sold in certain percentages.
THE MODES OF ACCESS OR BOOKING AN AIRPOD
Web and mobile applications to be developed that will connect airpod users with the airpod platform, allowing users to find nearest airpod available at the searched airport, rent or reserve the airpod, create sponsorship agreements for a single airpod, newer locations for placing airpods can be proposed as well as bid for. All these transactions will be handled via the APOD token, blockchain will be used for correcting and connecting the users to their airpods.
ICO
Token name- APOD
Total number of tokens-250,000,000 APOD tokens
ICO soft cap- 2,700,000 USD
ICO hard cap- 20,000,000 USD
The crowdsale would begin in march 2018, crowdsale will be 30 days long
1 APOD=0.10USD
Some participants from the mentioned countries will not be able to participate in our crowdsale –
- United States of America
- Singapore
- China
- South Korea
The plan to implement a significant shift in how airports will be converted into smart airports where flyers will have access to privacy and all the luxuries of a hotel for their benefits. A lot of research has gone into estimating how big of a market the airport will have, which airports should have the initial airpod placement for their testing phases. The blockchain technology will ensure that payments are secured, smart contracts will make identities genuine and not be duplicated. The potential to convert the airport and the flying experience for the average flyer more and more comfortable with the introduction of the airpod
Website - https://air-pod.io/
Whitepaper - https://air-pod.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/AirPod_Whitepaper_A4.pdf
ANN - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2988399.0
Telegram - https://t.me/airpodsleepingpodproject
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