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Photos: Android, high-tech Heathrow, the future of shopping

Photos: Android, high-tech Heathrow, the future of shopping

Photo This shows the RFID reader logging items of luggage in the conveyor to make sure it ends up at the right destination. The biggest mobile trade show in the world, aptly called Mobile World Congress 2008, took place in Barcelona in February.silicon...

Tags: heathrow, mobile world congress, android, rfid

[28 Feb 2008]

Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage

Photo 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...

Tags: rfid, luggage, heathrow, trial

[14 Feb 2008]

Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off

Photo Ground crew can use PCs connected to the IP network to access up-to-date information on flights, passengers who have checked in and luggage issues. This is one of the 96 bag drop points air travellers will be using when they pass through the terminal.

Tags: heathrow, control, security, ip

[12 Feb 2008]

Photos: High-tech London St Pancras on track

Photo The area is floored with cedar, which the renovation team found is the quietest surface for wheeling luggage trolleys over. This is the impressive 1868 façade of St Pancras train station in London. The station is nearing completion after a 10 year...

Tags: digital, wireless, trains, station

[08 Oct 2007]

Photos: Heathrow's Terminal 5 comes alive

Photo Once they have checked in, using one of the 96 self-service check-in kiosks, 56 manned check-in desks or BA's online service - the first 'wave' - they can put their luggage into the state-of-the-art baggage handling system.

Tags: heathrow

[13 Jul 2007]

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