Educational Technology

December 3, 2012

Palm scanners provide helping hand in schools, hospitals

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:28 am

by Brian Shane, Gannett/USA TODAY

At schools in Pinellas County, Fla., students aren’t paying for lunch with cash or a card, but with a wave of their hand over a palm scanner. “It’s so quick that a child could be standing in line, call mom and say, ‘I forgot my lunch money today.’ She’s by her computer, runs her card, and by the time the child is at the front of the line, it’s already recorded,” says Art Dunham, director of food services for Pinellas County Schools. Students take about four seconds to swipe and pay for lunch, Dunham says, and they’re doing it with 99 percent accuracy.

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20121127/BUSINESS09/311270046/Palm-scanners-provide-helping-hand-schools-hospitals

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