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Would you let your boss microchip you?

by Ben Johnson and Olga Oksman
Jul 26, 2017
The vending machine firm sees radio-frequency identification chips inserted directly into the hands of their employees as the future.
A microchip implant like the kind Three Square Market uses, inserted under the skin.
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Using radio frequency identification tags to track school kids

by Molly Wood
Sep 10, 2012
Some schools are testing out RFID tags as a way to keep track of kids and bring in extra money.
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'Chipping' our kids: Can we fight truancy with technology?

by Molly Wood
Jun 1, 2012
Can technology keep kids from skipping school? In San Antonio, they're going to track children with the same microchips used for cattle, or boxes in a Walmart warehouse. Plus: Are you ready for some "backyard" neuroscience?
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Codebreaker

Tag your tots: RFID chips for preschoolers

by author198
Sep 1, 2010
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Easy Sustainability Answers

Should you have to pay if you don't recycle?

by Adriene Hill
Aug 23, 2010
**Easy Answer: Cleveland thinks so. **...
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