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Hotel 1000 Sees You When You're Sleeping

Where: 1000 First Avenue [map], Seattle, WA, United States, 98104

New York Times reporter Jamie Gross recently checked into Seattle's Hotel 1000 wondering if he should be expecting a scene from the Jetsons since he read on the hotel website about their high-tech amenities (a tub that fills from the ceiling, infrared occupancy sensors.)

However, walking into the place, Gross reports the lobby is just like any other--boring but stylish.

Appparently, all the high-tech stuff takes place behind the scenes. Aside from the tub, nothing may be cooler than the fact that housekeeping will never knock on your door here; their infrared occupancy sensors will also tell the front desk and hence, the whole place that your room is still occupied and thus needs no housekeeping yet.

The amenities don't stop there, these rooms are stocked:

[A] smart minibar that tells housekeeping when you're out of beer; an ultrahigh-speed Internet connection; and, most impressively, a 40-inch L.C.D. screen that does quadruple duty as a 5.1 virtual surround-sound theater, computer screen, satellite radio and digital art gallery. There's also a nifty touch-screen VoIP phone that schedules wake-up calls, summons your car from the valet, orders breakfast and checks weather and flight status -- all with surprising ease.

And in case you were wondering, that WiFi is free.

Gross also assures us that despite the high-tech gadgetry world of Hotel 1000, they still manage to create a cozy environment with warm earth tones and a comfy bedspread and plenty of pillows.

But we have to wonder if the staff is also watching the infrared occupancy sensors of our rooms as some sort of "Predator Movie" watching the two red bodies moving closer to each other in the blue light of the room.

Related Stories:
· Check In Check Out [New York Times]
· Hotel 1000 Reviews [TripAdvisor]