Heathrow Launches RFID Trial to Track Luggage
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The U.K.âs busiest airport is starting to affix radio chips to the luggage of passengers as part of an experiment aimed at reducing lost bags.
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A new device that scans documents for traces of explosives has made its debut at four of the nation's busiest airports, where officials will use it to screen selected passengers.
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Soon, everything from children's backpacks to the shoes you buy could be tracked by radio signal.
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Travel: Â· Passengers could pay Â£50 more, says watchdog Â· Airline aims to price bags out of aircraft holds
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A system which allows air passengers to sign up for biometric scanning to speed up their journeys is being unveiled at London's Heathrow Airport.
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AeroScout lands new backers for its work with active radio frequency identification tags that make use of Wi-Fi networks.
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'No finger, no fly' to commence at Heathrow As has been illustrated all too frequently in the past, they don't tell immigration ministers anything - and, if what he had to say this week at the official unveiling of Heathrow's biometric trial is anything to go by, current incumbent Liam Byrne is no exception. Quoted here in the Telegraph, Byrne observes that he does not see the Heathrow system as being a "stand-alone scheme", and that the Government wanted to see it used as part of efforts to control immigration and to check the identity of people coming to this country.â¦
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A Singaporean IT products distributor is introducing radio tags to track inventory and delivery.
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Technology at airports to check  luggage for bombs is now being used by the government in tests  for screening cargo loaded aboard passenger planes, officials  said on Tuesday.
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An RFID-based trial involving Philips, Nokia and a Frankfurt-based public transport authority hints of a future where ticketing is merely a matter of swiping ones handset.
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The software, developed by IBM&#39;s new Sensors and Actuators business unit, is designed to help businesses collect and act on data from RFID and other sensor-based technology.
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A new system of biometric security scanners is being trialled by passengers at Heathrow airport.
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Heathrow Airport's Terminal 4 reopens after a suspect baggage sparked a security alert.
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Radio-frequency identification is a technology that&#39;s touted as the replacement for the bar code. These postage-stamp-size RFID tags contain a tiny microchip that&#39;s smaller than a grain of sand and capable of storing information.
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Sun, an early leader in support of RFID, announced today the creation of a retail compliance test center that will simulate a Wal-Mart distribution center in order to evaluate RFID tag compliance for vendors.
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In a bid to reduce lost bags, London's Heathrow airport will start adding RFID tags to selected baggage.
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Trial, which is voluntary, aims to enroll 2,000 travelers on selected routes to and from the U.K.