Attendre le suitcase . . .CRLF
Espen Andersen,
Ubiquity,
Apr 02, 2002
I'm not sure what the educational angle is here, but I'm sure there is one and this article has so many great one-liners I just had to include it. The premise is that airlines would lose luggage less frequently if the luggage were equipped with more intelligence. In other words, "what if we managed bags like we managed people?" After all, "passengers are smart entities traversing a stupid network, whereas pieces of luggage are very stupid entities traversing a marginally smarter network." Wouldn't it be better if "a suitcase could check itself into airplanes, order transportation, track news about delays or cancellations, and make sure, in case of unforeseen changes, that it will be booked on the next flight or sent back home again?"
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