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Some schools are offering parents a new way to watch what their kids eat. Instead of simply offering healthier choices in the school cafeteria, students will have to use a fingerprint scanner to "pay" for their foods. The scanner debits an account that the parents maintain and it will have built in spending limits, so parents can set aside $5, or whatever the cost of the school lunch is. The main benefit of the scanner is not to provide an easier way to pay for lunch, but to prevent kids from buying unhealthy junk foods when they're off campus. If they don't have any cash, they will be forced to "buy" their food as school, rather than skipping lunch and eating a king sized Kit Kat and a Slurpee after school.
There are other applications to the fingerprint scanners that might make them a more useful choice for schools, as well. For example, they could replace the regular "roll call" and students could sign in by scanning their finger when walking in to class.
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6-15-2006 @12:53PM Toscino said... We just used an ID card that had a barcode on it. Worked exactly the same way. That was 10 years ago. Just becuase its new it doesnt make it better.
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6-15-2006 @5:12PM B said... Also, it'll now be a lot harder for bullies to steal thier lunch money.
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6-15-2006 @5:21PM Jen said... This could be great for kids with food allergies who don't willingly follow their diets, or who just don't pay attention. They could use this technology to store info on what foods kids shouldn't have.
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6-19-2006 @2:26PM Eric Krupin said... Why risk having little Dakota get sick from touching a grubby, germy touch pad that every kid at school has left their smear on when the same thing could be accomplished by having an RFID chip implanted subcutaneously - the way we already do for our pets? This technology could also insure that we're capable of tracking the child's location 24 hours a day. In fact, why shouldn't we all be required by law to submit to RFID implanting to help fight the War On Terror? You shouldn't care if the law always knows where you are unless you have something to hide!
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