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Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage

Chipper future for your luggage

Tags: rfid, luggage, heathrow, trial

By Nick Heath

Published: 14 February 2008 17:10 GMT

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A RFID chip the size of a grain of sugar is embedded in the tag like the one shown. The chip contains information about the passenger - including their name and route they are taking. RFID tags will still carry a barcode containing passenger information to be read by laser scanners at airports without the reader technology.

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