RFID at the Airport
Airports are crazy places full of people hurrying to get to their
flights or pick up loved ones from their flights. There are parking
lots, parking fees to be paid, baggage that needs to be tagged for each
flight and of course the baggage carrousels that we all hope have our
suitcases on them when we arrive at our destination. All of these things
are easily tracked, read, written and kept up to date with RFID: Radio
Frequency Identification.
When you head to the airport and park your car you get a ticket with a barcode on it. If you are simply picking up passengers you will be instructed to take that ticket inside with you and them pay for your parking inside at a kiosk. You put your ticket in, the machine tells you how much parking will be, you pay the fee and then take back your ticket. Why? Because you use that same piece of paper to get out of the parking lot and on your way. That barcode is read by the reader in the machine that you pay at and the machine that you put the ticket into when you exit. No need for attendants, no need for long lines to pay, that is RFID technology at work.
Now if you are at the airport and getting on a plane at check in you will be given a long sticker with a barcode on it that will be put on your suitcase and a smaller version of that barcode that you keep with you. That sticker allows your baggage to be tracked through each airport you will land at and be on the right connector flights to ultimately end up, with you, at your final destination.
If for some reason your bag is misplaced, that barcode will come in handy for the clerk to try to track where your items are, and since that code is personalized, they can then get your bags to you, whether you are at home or at a hotel, when they are located.
Radio Frequency Identification is used all over the world and can be found anywhere we go from the library to the grocery store, at work, at hospitals and yes, even at airports. It allows for tracking of people and items through the busiest of places, allowing things to go along smoothly with less chance of human error, getting you where you need to be more efficiently.
When you head to the airport and park your car you get a ticket with a barcode on it. If you are simply picking up passengers you will be instructed to take that ticket inside with you and them pay for your parking inside at a kiosk. You put your ticket in, the machine tells you how much parking will be, you pay the fee and then take back your ticket. Why? Because you use that same piece of paper to get out of the parking lot and on your way. That barcode is read by the reader in the machine that you pay at and the machine that you put the ticket into when you exit. No need for attendants, no need for long lines to pay, that is RFID technology at work.
Now if you are at the airport and getting on a plane at check in you will be given a long sticker with a barcode on it that will be put on your suitcase and a smaller version of that barcode that you keep with you. That sticker allows your baggage to be tracked through each airport you will land at and be on the right connector flights to ultimately end up, with you, at your final destination.
If for some reason your bag is misplaced, that barcode will come in handy for the clerk to try to track where your items are, and since that code is personalized, they can then get your bags to you, whether you are at home or at a hotel, when they are located.
Radio Frequency Identification is used all over the world and can be found anywhere we go from the library to the grocery store, at work, at hospitals and yes, even at airports. It allows for tracking of people and items through the busiest of places, allowing things to go along smoothly with less chance of human error, getting you where you need to be more efficiently.
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