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Be Careful Which Button You Push in Your Capsule Hotel Pod

Whoopsie daisy. Here's an example of, um, too-easy, anything-you-want-at-the-touch-of-a-button hotel technology gone awry. Or just an unfortunate incident in a Japanese capsule hotel (one that, for a change, does not involve passing gas).

Flickr user Omer van Kloeten posted this snapshot of what appears to maybe be a lightswitch (or something) inside his pod at a Japanese capsule hotel. Um, however:

In an effort to find the light switch (which ended up being the last one I tried), I pressed this one, which turned out to be the porno pay per view channels. Only later did I notice that the note above it said, among other things, 300円 (yen).

Oh noes. We probably would have done the same thing thinking it was a lightswitch. That's what we'd call a total Hotel FML, right? Except that 300 Yen is, like, 3 US dollars. So, eh.

[Photo: Omer van Kloeten]

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Travelodge UK Aims to Build First 'Recyclable Hotel'

We can always count on Travelodge UK for some wacky promotions but their latest one might not be so wacky, considering it's helping out the earth.

The British hotel chain has their sights set on building the first recyclable hotel constructed of steel container crates imported from China. (Like the one Peter Petrelli found himself in on Heroes.)

Paul Harvey, Travelodge's Director of Property & Development, said: "Although it may not look like a hotel right now, the containers will be fitted out to include everything we offer in the rooms at a traditionally-built hotel - a comfortable bed, en-suite bathroom, wardrobe, mirror, desk and chair, right down to the plasma TV and free tea and coffee making facilities. You simply won't be able to tell the difference."

Travelodge is also saying that the hotels can be assembled and disassembled rather quickly, making them the perfect type of temporary hotel to open around major sporting events or festivals. And we know how Travelodge is big into festival hotel accommodations.

But this isn't just some Travelodge pipe dream. A company rep says the hotel is currently under construction in west London district of Uxbridge. It is set to open in June at a starting rate of 19 pounds a night. The hotel will have 120 rooms and a bar cafe on site.

Travelodge also hopes to open near Heathrow Airport by the end of the year. Whoa Yotel. You've got more competition.