Overheard in the tech blogosphere » scanners http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard A Whatis.com blog Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Overheard: Biometric verification, the Lunch Lady, and Big Momma http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-biometric-verification-the-lunch-lady-and-big-momma/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-biometric-verification-the-lunch-lady-and-big-momma/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 13:26:27 +0000 Margaret Rouse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-biometric-verification-the-lunch-lady-and-big-momma/ schoollunch.jpg “Never again will a student hold up a lunch line to search for his/her ID card, fear peer pressure for being on a Free or Reduced meal plan, or have someone else charge a meal on their account.”

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Ok, this is kind of creepy. I can picture parent’s I’ve known really doing this. What’s next? Video monitors so you can check from work and make sure your kid isn’t trading with someone else? It’ll be interesting to see how this next generation figures out how to set parental boundries.

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