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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Frightening kids: knife-resistant radio-bugged school-uniforms


If the
bullet-proof backpack doesn't have your kids sufficiently scared, considering sending them to schools willing to use Trutex's new knife-resistant, RFID-beacon-equipped school uniforms.
A survey on 809 parents and 444 children aged between nine and 16, revealed that 44% of the adults questioned were worried about the safety of small children and 59% showed interest in satellite microchips incorporated in uniforms to track students with ease.
Link to bulletproof uniforms, (Thanks, Tim!)

See also: Bulletproof Baby Gear


posted by Cory Doctorow at 05:35:02 AM permalink | Other blogs' comments


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