Monday, 29 October 2007

U.K. Children To Have Chips In School Uniforms

'Ten schoolchildren in the United Kingdom are being tracked by RFID chips in their school uniforms as part of a pilot program. If the program proves successful as a way to hasten registration, simplify data entry for the school's behavioral reporting system, and ensure attendance, Trevor Darnborough, whose company, Darnbro, filed for a patent on securing RFID tags to clothing, hopes other schools will be interested, according to the Doncaster Free Press. The chipped children are enrolled at Hungerhill School in Edenthorpe, England, a secondary school for ages 11 to 16.'

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