According to this article in Canada.com, elementary schools around the USA are using finger scanning in the lunch room.

Colleges and high schools have used fingerprint scanners to stop non-students from sneaking into dining halls and gyms. Now elementary schools are joining in, hoping that biometric devices are a good way to keep lines moving and pay for meals.

Districts elsewhere in the U.S. use finger scans to dispense medicine, take attendance, check out books in the library or ensure that bus-riding students get off at the right stop.

Jay Fry, CEO of biometrics maker IdentiMetrics Inc., said elementary school districts are one of his company’s fastest-growing markets.

Relevance: This would make my life alot easier on campus. I have a fob to access my lab, I have a UBC student card that I use for the library, a gym card, and a bus pass. If I access all these university services and places with my finger, it would be way cool.

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