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Lost and Found: Japan Tags Dementia Sufferers With Barcodes

posted by janrinok on Saturday December 10 2016, @03:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the if-found,-please-return-to dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

A Japanese city has introduced a novel way to keep track of senior citizens with dementia who are prone to getting lost -- tagging their fingers and toes with scan-able barcodes.

A company in Iruma, north of Tokyo, developed tiny nail stickers, each of which carries a unique identity number to help concerned families find missing loved ones, according to the city's social welfare office.

The adhesive QR-coded seals for nails -- part of a free service launched this month and a first in Japan -- measure just one centimetre (0.4 inches) in size.

"Being able to attach the seals on nails is a great advantage," a city worker told AFP."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lost-found-japan-tags-dementia-sufferers-barcodes-093502777.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20161208171158/https://www.yahoo.com/news/lost-found-japan-tags-dementia-sufferers-barcodes-093502777.html

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 10 2016, @04:32AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 10 2016, @04:32AM (#439565)

    Who cares if he's non-verbal, the real question is will he RESPECT AUTHORITAH when he's being BARKED AT by cops.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 10 2016, @05:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 10 2016, @05:05AM (#439573)

    Stop resisting!