Blog-IT-o ergo sum

	10/18/2004

Potential solution to losing track of kids in the GCS bus hubs...

Students tagged in bid to keep them safe
Radio frequency chips track comings and goings for anxious parents

By KENJI HALL

The Associated Press

Like many schoolchildren in Tokyo, Rikkyo's students can spend as many as two hours getting to school by themselves on busy trains and subways. ..."I think the tags are a good idea because my two sons almost never leave school together," said Kimiko Shino, a 38-year-old housewife who has one son in second grade and one in third.

Shino said she has no worries that the tags, on which are stored only a child's name and class, could violate her family's privacy.

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