London Eye to get Wi-Fi-enabled, multimedia "daddy" capsule

£12.5 million makeover planned

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18 May 2009 16:51 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

The London Eye is to get a tech makeover with the announcement of around £12.5 million investment in upgrading what's apparently the UK's number one paid-for visitor attraction.

Having already seen 33 million visitors, the attraction's capsules are to get removed and made over one by one, in order to "future proof" the Eye, and its pitch on the Southbank for "many years to come".

As well as a "minor visual facelift", and improvements to the heating and ventilation system, one of the upgraded capsules will get four ceiling mounted screens and enhanced multimedia and Wi-Fi capabilities enabling the capsule to provide music and on-screen visuals which all other capsules will be built to support in the future.

The project will see the removal and upgrading of one of the 32 capsules at a time, with a non-operational capsule filling the gap on the London Eye until the final capsule is returned - which is scheduled to be in time for the London 2012 Olympics.

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Comments

  • Hello Everyone,
    I think that is really cool. I think it will attract a lot of kids and make them glad tha t they are going on the London eye because they can still go on bebo or facebook     Posted by Helga Vanoostaward, new zeland
  • Helga, i completely dis agree with you!
    i think that kids go away o holidays to enjoy the scenery not the intrenet !

    your stupid!     Posted by Donald Gulungara, Austria
  • Dear Donald.
    I agree, but generation Y is very different !
    LEAVE ME ALONE!!
    Gulungara like what kind of name is that?
    oh an you can't spell!!!     Posted by Helga Gulungara, New Zeland

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