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Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage

Chipper future for your luggage

Tags: luggage, heathrow, rfid

By Nick Heath

Published: 14 February 2008 17:10 GMT


Heathrow Terminal 3 and Emirates airlines are running a six-month trial of tagging luggage with RFID chips on flights to and from Dubai. About 300,000 pieces of luggage are expected to be scanned during the course of the trial which will cost £150,000.

Photo credit: Nick Heath



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