In-flight entertainment of future will include iris-tracking

Le Bourget, France

THE next generation of in-flight entertainment will include screens that know when you've fallen asleep, while new apps will very soon let you sync your personal devices with the onboard system.

At the Paris Air Show this week French manufacturer Thales has been showing off its prototype for the next generation of business class seat, which includes iris-tracking to tell when passengers are looking away.

The screen can be set to pause a film or go into standby when t…