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Non-Flying Zeppelin: It's an iPod Docking Station

We thought iPod docking stations were last year's must have amenity and have got a bit over them recently. But this one did catch our eye: it's the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin iPod docking station which has won a bunch of innovation and design awards this year.

The Zeppelin, as well as looking pretty cool, is smart because it fits all existing iPods without any adaptors. It's also got a volume-level governor so hotels can set a maximum loudness for the device--you'll be glad of that when the guest in the next room can't play his squealy hip-hop as loud as he wants.

Apparently these Zeppelins are already found in a few hotels including the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong and the Ritz Carlton Atlanta and no doubt the Bowers & Wilkins gang are pushing hard to get them in a ton more.

We just hope setting the alarm on these bad boys won't be so difficult.