The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 2, January 12, 2003, Article 19

RETINAL SCANS REPLACE CASH AND SCRIP

  Here's a science-fiction turned fact item for you:  a
  school in western England has turned to the use of retinal
  scans to determine payment for cafeteria food.  From a
  January 8, 2003 USA Today story:

  "... students will be charged for their lunches with a retina
  scanning device to prevent poor children who eat for free
  from being ridiculed in the cafeteria.

  "... the school is concerned that if students are forced to
  pay for their lunches in cash the poor ones who receive
  food for free could be stigmatized.  So officials have
  decided to make the entire school "cashless."

  The retina scanning device also will be used in the library
  when students take out and return books..."

  "But this is not a James Bond school for spies. ... This is not
  science fiction. This is technology that exists."

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2003-01-08-retina-school_x.htm

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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