It will surely come to you as a surprise that someone has found out an effective method for getting through airport in a more quick way and that is to keep the detail of boarding pass in the hand of the traveler. Yes, you read it right! Andreas Sjostrom is the first person who has passed through airport security by making use of this microchip technology which contained information of airline booking.
He is the VP of digital for Sogeti and injected NFC (near-field communication) chip prior to making use of it. Size of the chip is equivalent to a rice grain and talking about the utilization of this technology, it’s been in use for controlling cellphones, unlocking doors as well as making digital payment. What’s more, it works the same as contactless payment cards; however, it was never utilized the way it’s been used this time. This only needs a scanner which is compatible with NFC.
What Andreas did is uploading Scandinavian Airlines EuroBonus member ID to xNT implant. After this, he made use of NFC readers which enabled him for registering passport as well as boarding pass just by pressing hand to the scanner.
In his words, “The biggest surprise was the feeling of being able to identify myself without anything other than my body.” “This is just an experiment with no plans of actual public implementation. When travelling, you are always required to provide a valid ID when requested,” he further said.
