Dea Birkett examines new technologies to make sure that a traveler's toothbrush arrives in the same place and at the same time as he does. SCOTTSBORO, Alabama, population 14,000, is an unremarkable town. But drive from Main Square through the rows of clapboard houses, dodge Chevrolet Auto Sales and the First Baptist Church, and you reach Scottsboro's vibrant heart. On the outskirts of this anonymous southern US town, snuggled in the Appalachian foothills, is the world's largest Unclaimed Baggage Centre.
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