Rita (a fictitious character) was late for her first sales call of the day. Last night’s school district meeting ran into overtime. Parents, students and the school board went back and forth debating the merits of new “smart” ID cards that track students’ movements. Is this an invasion of privacy or an advance in security?
Rita put the pedal to the metal to get to her customer on time. But a sensor picked up her speeding and an automated voice from the dashboard alerted her to slow it down. This reminded Rita of the new high-tech dinner forks she had bought her kids for Christmas — smart “healthy eating” utensils that buzz and vibrate when the fork is shoveling food into a mouth too fast.