A South African public hospital plans to tag babies electronically as one of several security measures to beat baby-snatching……
In some UK hospitals, babies have a personalised electronically programmed tag attached to their ankle. This is different from the tags in use in another South African hospital, Life Kingsbury Hospital in Claremont, Cape Town, which consist of a waterproof barcode placed on the baby’s back. The device looks like a plaster
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/baby-safes
Concerned about the safety of abandoned children, Cape Town’s Kim Highfield installed a “baby safe” in a community center. It’s a perforated movie rental return box with electronic rigging and a lock, basically. Times-Live reports,
Less than 10 seconds after a baby is placed in the metal structure, which is lined with a baby blanket and pillow, an alarm is triggered inside the building.
Highfield is then alerted by SMS and fetches the baby.
http://gawker.com/5800459/dont-want-your-baby-lock-it-in-this-box-with-holes
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