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The New Canaan Public School system is going to begin an experiment using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to help track students, faculty and equipment. The RFID chips will be placed in student identification cards, and on valuable school property. Additionally, Secure RF Corporation – the company heading up the project, has developed a scenario for school bus tracking using the technology. Not surprisingly, many have objected to the use of this tracking system, viewing it as an invasion of privacy. Accordingly, the experiment will likely be opt-in. Chris Cameron at Read Write Web is optimistic about the project:

Anyone who has driven through a toll station on a highway without having to stop to drop a few coins knows the potential for RFID to improve and optimize our everyday lives. For school officials tasked with managing hundreds of students across large campuses, technology like this could make their jobs much easier, keeping kids safer

Whatever the outcome, debates on the risks and benefits of such monitoring systems are sure to continue.

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