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Sydney Airport to Instate RFID Baggage Tags

Posted by samzenpus on from the track-your-shirts dept.

AcidAUS writes "Australia's Sydney Airport is investigating high-tech tagging methods for baggage handling, which could greatly reduce the number of bags that go missing each year. Industry experts say that baggage mishandling costs the industry globally $US1.7 billion each year, and that much of this cost is due to failures in the barcode-based tagging system."

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  1. Slashdot blurbs have TWO kinds of labels... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "xyz writes" and "From the article".

    Why is it so hard to use the right one?

  2. But remember... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...This non-"story" is really just an excuse for samzenpus (like Zonk, et al) to foist Australia into Slashdot yet again.

    It's a sickeningly embarrassing, and I say that as an Australian!