Chinese schools are already tracking the location of students through a smart kit equipped with chips. Each set of clothes contains two chips, which are located on the shoulders. It is they who allow you to know when a student enters or leaves school. In addition, an element of face recognition technology is also used, which determines whether a student is wearing his uniform. If the student wishes to leave the school during school hours, a signal will sound.
Guizhou Guanyu Technology Company, which has developed this clever technology, notes that the uniform is washable - it can withstand temperatures up to 150 degrees Celsius and up to 500 washes. Modern technologies are increasingly manifested not only in the already familiar computers, smartphones, tablets and smartwatches, but also in things that seem to have not changed their essence for many millennia, like clothes.
Smart school uniform detects student location
Provided in smart clothes and additional functions. As reported by Chaim Gartenberg on theverge.com, the chips can tell if a student has fallen asleep in class. It is also possible for the student to make payments using additional confirmation by face recognition or fingerprints.
This form is used in ten schools in China's Guizhou province. According to Lin Zongwu, headmaster of Renhuai City School No. 11, more than 800 students at his school have been wearing this smart uniform since 2016. Although the technology in question allows tracking the location of students outside of school hours, Lin Zongwu notes:
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