Digital Luggage Tags Could Let You Skip The Line

Is there any bastion of human misery more wretched than the airline luggage check? Abandon all hope, ye who reach suitcase sizes exceeding 50 pounds. AirFrance-KLM, at least, is trying to ease the pain. They've developed an electronic luggage tag that will let users skip the lines. Rather than waiting, customers will be able to use the eTag to digitally tag their luggage at home via smartphone, then drop it off at a designated area in the airport. Also available: the eTrack system, a tiny gizmo ...