Airport Check-In

USA TODAY, September, 2008 by Roger Yu

FORT LAUDERDALE

Chili's Too puts self-ordering to work

Self-ordering, a trend at casual restaurants, is available at Fort Lauderdale International. At Chili's Too Margarita Bar, customers can use its four table-top computerized stations to order food and play video games. "It speeds up service and provides some fun entertainment options," says Glen White, a spokesman for Delaware North, a concessionaire at the airport that runs the restaurant.

UWink, which developed the technology, is a California-based digital media firm led by Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese.

BALTIMORE

Southwest pilots test security process

Hoping to speed up the security-clearing process for airport workers, the Transportation Security Administration is testing a biometric access system at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

Developed by Chicago-based Priva Technologies, the system identifies and authenticates individuals at security checkpoints using their fingerprints. ...