Coffin Hotels Opening Near You

Saw this on Slashdot, a CNN article entitled "Goodbye mini bar, hello mini room" about a new style of shadowrunner-style hotels opening around London airports.

Costing roughly 70 dollars a night (but also bookable for four-hour periods), the rooms are aimed at passengers waiting for connections or those who want to sleep or work before a meeting.

Each soundproof cabin will contain a sofa that converts into a double bed, a pull down desk, closet space, adjustable mood lighting, a shower, wireless Internet, an iPod connection and a flat-screen TV.

Reminds me of something out of a William Gibson novel.

But, like their easyHotel rivals, Yotel rooms may seem a little claustrophobic, with no natural lighting -- a concern that Woodroffe says is likely to be offset by the quality of the product.

For approximately $70 a night (also with an hourly rate for layover passengers) you get a 10-square-meter room with no natural light but with some very cyberpunkish features... now if I can just get a node to jack in my cybernetic implant whilst staying there...