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  • there's a peaceful serenity to this space.

  • Nice little walkway that takes you over a koi pond.

  • Not what you think about when you think about the chaos that often comes with air travel.

  • This is one of five what they're calling China Gardens at the brand new Beijing dashing airport.

  • It's just opened up to the public, and it's the high tech features that everyone it's really talking about.

  • So let's take you inside, show you them.

  • This is the international concourse.

  • It's one of five concourses that they have here, and what really you feel a soon as you step into dashing is the sleek modern design.

  • This was done by the late architect Zaha Hadid.

  • But what officials air really touting about this airport is the technology.

  • A soon as you walk in, right when you're checking in your bag, facial recognition starts.

  • It continues as you're walking through security security.

  • That they say is a lot quicker and more efficient because of technology.

  • They didn't go to too much detail about that, But the facial recognition technology continues.

  • As you're in, ready to board at your gate.

  • They've got screens that air taking in your image and they continue all the way up until you go through and board your plane.

  • One of the big takeaways of dashing is the size it is massive.

  • They estimate 97 soccer pitches or about 100 American football fields, if you will, could fit inside.

  • So when you think about the size of an airport, you think about getting around right.

  • That's always a challenge, especially if you have, say, arrived here at E 85 you've got to get to another concourse.

  • The argument is that because it's the starfish shape that essentially you could go from one tentacle and get to the main center, they argue in about eight minutes time.

  • That's what they say it will take on average.

  • So they say, This is really gonna be a time saver, ultimately.

  • But overall, it's this newness that you feel this high tech surrounding, and that's something that they say continues even on the runway.

  • The officials here say they have a sensor system that can detect two centimeters of an object of debris that might be on the runway, and they can then zoom in with multiple cameras to see where exactly it's located.

there's a peaceful serenity to this space.

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