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Delta Kiosk Checks Your Face Before You Check Your Bag

posted by cmn32480 on Monday May 22 2017, @10:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the did-the-agents-want-$15/hour? dept.

Fnord666 writes:

Delta is testing a face-scanning kiosk for baggage check.

The machine allows passengers to bypass check-in agents. It uses facial recognition technology to match your identity to your passport photo. You tag your own bags, pay the fee and drop your luggage on a conveyor belt.

Passengers without passports can still check their own bags, but they need a Delta agent to confirm their identities.

Delta will test four of the machines at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport this summer. The airline spent $600,000 on the four kiosks.

Delta said the kiosks could allow the airline to move twice as many passengers per hour through check-in.

Source: CNN

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 22 2017, @02:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 22 2017, @02:05PM (#513486)

    Better that than having the plane crash because a suitcase was too heavy!

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