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Drift Net > tech news Japanese schoolchildren to be RFID tagged
For those of you whining about GPS chips in your cellular phones, imagine living in Osaka, Japan, where one primary school is placing RFID tags in students' nametags, bookbags and clothing. The typically rigid nature of Japanese schooling combined with the increase of "smart environments"; roads and houses equipped with chips and digitally adapted, creates an Orwellian scenario where students can (theoretically) be tracked within five feet for playing hookie. Forged late passes will be detected by laser guided handwriting identification discs and will melt instantly in the student's hand, melting their fingers to the bone as they scream "Itaaaiiiii!!". As punishment, all students caught playing hookie will be installed with Yu Gi Oh! trading cards which will holler inane pre-teen catchphrases and saturday morning jingles as a swath of stormtroopers descend from the sky and slaughter them. SLAUGHTER THEM. 
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