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Palm scanners will record lunch transactions in Pinellas County (Fla.) district

Devices are in use in middle and high schools; elementary schools will get them next month
Oct. 17, 2011

From The St. Petersburg Times: Elementary students in the Pinellas County (Fla.) district soon will be paying for their lunches with a quick swipe of their hands. School officials plan to roll out palm scanners in elementary school lunchrooms in November. High schools and middle schools got the devices this summer.

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