"W14_Fishbourne" wrote in message
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Of course, the most practical solution might be to have a chip
embedded in your arm, as they do with many pets these days. Then, not
only is there no chance of you losing your ticket or leaving it at
home, but you also cannot fraudulently transfer it to anyone else.
Furthermore, if you ever got lost and insensible, they would know
where to return you. It could also be updated while you were having a
bath by passing the signal down the water pipe.

I thought that they were trying out fingerprint technology. It would indeed
be interesting to walk through gates or onto a bus and only touch a read pad
as you go through with your thumb.

I wonder, actually, if it would be workable on a bus as your thumb does not
contain information the way that a SmartCard does.