RFID to end lost luggage?
News British Airways looks likely to be investing in RFID in a bid to cut its lost luggage bills. BA loses around 18 bags per 1,000 it handles and pays customers an average of £55 per lost piece of luggage, largely as a result of the sticker bar codes...
[June 6, 2005, 15:10]
RFID to end lost luggage?
Talkback The Guardian today reported that BA are to stop the freighting of animals for phamaciutical companys to test on in the UK. This however does not extend to equestrian transport or frozen embios. Imagine losing one of those
[June 7, 2005, 0:02]
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[July 6, 2009, 22:12]
Civil liberties groups demand halt to RFID
Talkback Reasons are twofold: reduce the amount of lost luggage (if each item is scanned leaving the building it can be more easily determined into which aircraft it went) tracking of items to make it easier to track terrorists and criminals.
[November 25, 2003, 9:02]
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[August 29, 2006, 8:00]
Airports face growing mountain of unclaimed laptops
News Typically it is security staff and not members of the public who hand in lost luggage, the source added, saying the public tend to be more wary of unattended bags at airports now. Business travellers are fuelling a growing mountain of lost laptops...
[September 4, 2006, 9:50]
RSA conference delegates in 'near death experience'
Blog Fortunately we're all safe, however many passengers have lost luggage from Terminal 5, and we have had little to no support from British Airways staff here on the ground. The luggage problems were compounded at Shannon Airport by there not...
[April 6, 2008, 10:52]
Nortel: Businesses will become virtual
News Imagine a five-star citizen service when getting a passport, or zero lost luggage. Mobile technology is reaching a critical point where many businesses will be able to break away from the confines of the office, Nortel said on Tuesday.
[April 12, 2006, 13:15]
BA saves £2m as tech staff work for free
News Having dealt with the fallout of lost luggage after a software glitch in BAA's baggage handling system at Terminal 5 last year and keen to avoid a similar breakdown, Coby said he is very careful in deciding where to cut investment.
[July 3, 2009, 9:04]
RFID luggage tags mooted
News To date, however, there are very few deployments of luggage-tracking RFID tags by airports, with the most high-profile trial taking place at Hong Kong International Airport. Ditching bar-coded bag tags for RFID tracking chips could slash the annual...
[February 24, 2005, 11:00]
RFID (do you realy want to be track, again)
Talkback RFID is fine for tracking baggage, BUT if your baggage is not lost the authorities, whoever they are can track you (the person) as and when you travel with your baggage. I think that this is taking BIG BROTHER one step to far.
[March 25, 2007, 17:14]
Luggage tracked via radio
News Kennedy International will later this year take part in an experiment testing radio-tagged luggage. The test is part of plans by a newly-formed consortium of Japanese firms to promote RFID (radio frequency ID) tags on passenger luggage, according...
[July 18, 2003, 10:05]
