Saw a CNN story Friday about an interesting special debit card application in Mexico. They're being issued to poor Mexicans, who can use them to buy tortillas and a few other foodstuffs. The cards are tied to a behavior-control database and failure to send kids to school, get mandatory medical exams/treatments/vaccinations, etc. results in card deactivation. bd On Sat, 20 Apr 1996, Lucky Green wrote:
Years after smartcards have become ubiquitous in such countries as Pakistan and Nepal, not to mention Europe, I just saw my first smartcard commercial ever on US television.
Way to go :-)
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