22nd July, 2004
Is that a knife in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Gotta love the Japanese and their overbearing concern for their children. First, came news of using RFID tags to keep an eye on what the little tykes are doing after school, now you can get a knife-resistant jacket or sweatshirt (which you can have embroidered with your initials! – how very L.L. Bean-esque) to clothe your progeny in. This is apparently in reaction to a couple of incidents involving knives in schools over the last 7 months. The article is sadly lacking in details, such as just what exactly “resistant” entails, but you can check it out here. [via Engadget]
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