These Common Household Objects Will Be Obsolete In a Few Short Years

Paper Airline Tickets and Passes

Along the same line as hotel key technology, some airports allow you to save your boarding passes to your virtual wallet on your phone. That lets you skip the check-in line and simply press a button on your phone to alert the airline that you're there. Talk about saving time at the most annoying place to be late.

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