Air New Zealand's New NASA Pillow

Actually they have revealed they are making a new seat. I'm pretty sure it's due to come online in 2020, and then yet another new seat for the 787-10s

Lucky, you haven’t reviewed Air New Zealand since 2011. I have to point this out here.

The pillow is coated with Outlast, which was developed for use in space gloves to protect against extreme temperature fluctuations and keep hands cool.

Aeroflot gives you a personal air nozzle.

A 50 year old joke and it still never gets old. LOL

When NASA started sending astronauts into space, they quickly
Discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero
Gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a
Decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero
Gravity, upside-down, on almost any surface including glass
And at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.

The Russians used a pencil.

@Eskimo

It's a funny story to tell but the main reason NASA didn't use pencils is that graphite can break off and become fire hazards in the space cabin. Eventually the Soviet Union swapped to a high-tech pen as well. It's worth noting that blasting cold air at your face when you sleep for hours can do harm to your throat.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-nasa-spen/

@betterbub @Chaney

While we all know that the Pen vs Pencil thing is a joke and not fact. What most people do know (which is wrong) and often say after this joke is "graphite can break off and become fire hazards in the space cabin."

Mythbusted!!!!!
1.)Pencil lead graphite is actually a graphite-clay composite.
2.)Carbon does not sustain burning easily unless it is held at very high temperatures.

Pencil lead will not burn effectively for the first reason as clay is non-combustible and smothers any fire load. If you did have pure graphite to burn, a simple flame wouldn't be hot enough to combust it. You need to sustain temperatures of around 1000−2000 ∘C in order for pure carbon to burn.

So there you go.

Now do I need to debunk the myth of blasting cold air and the harm to your throat?

Not competitive anymore? Uhm....Ben... I would fly in the AirNZ awesome Biz seat any day than the United Polaris seat. Note that the herringbone formation and the fact there's no cubie hole for your feet (a la Polaris) means those who are of above average height can sleep better on the AirNZ Biz seats. I purposefully seek out airlines with no cubie hole for my feet and AirNZ takes the cake.

AirNZ's herringbone seats are indeed outdated (though pretty comfortable - at least on the 777s; the 789s are too squeezy).
But while we're talking about bedding, one area where AirNZ beats all other airlines is in a soft, comfortable and seamless sleeping surface, thanks to a combination of the properly flat, one piece flip-over seat design and the thick and soft mattress pad (compared to the thin and useless ones most airlines have). I flew true Polaris recently and the NZ bed is definitely more comfortable. NZ's other bedding is nothing special, but the comfort of the bed overall is by far the best in business class, in my experience.