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Lo-Jack For Your Garment Bag
Posted Nov 29, 2006 by Chris Chmura
Updated Nov 29, 2006 at 01:32 PM
Disposable computer chips could spell the end of lost luggage, or so their manufacturer will tell you.
Airlines are trying quietly out the technology. Tiny transmitters are supposed to trace your checked bags as they meander through airports, into the belly of an airliner, and back into your open arms.
Right now, bar codes on the bag tag are supposed to track your luggage. They don’t.
So, can so-called RFID help?
...It can’t hurt.
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