Washable Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Chip

Washable Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Chip

HOTEL TOWEL THIEVES, BEWARE! IT MIGHT HAVE A TRACKING CHIP

You've wiped yourself dry and then mistakenly dropped the hotel towel into your carry-on case... well, beware. Hotels across the USA have reported that have been missing 5-20 per cent of their towels in any given month.

A Miami-based company recently patented a washable Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip. This mini tracking chip can be sewn into towel s, robes and bed sheets.  It will trigger an alarm if a guest tries to sneak that item out of the hotel premises.  According to The According to The New York Times, three hotels in Honolulu, Manhattan and Miami have already introduced this amazing technology.

William Serbin, executive vice president of Linen Technology Tracking, told T h e New York T h e New York Times that high cotton prices have led to costlier towels. This triggered the need for an antitheft mechanism. He says the technology also helps monitor linen demand and adjust supply accordingly.

Believe it or not, it's been working well. The Honolulu hotel has saved nearly $15,000 since implementing the tags last summer.  Their monthly towel theft numbers is now less than a quarter of what it was before. 

Source | Economic Times | 1 April 2016

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