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Electronic Children`s ID Card

An electronic ID card for children was designed by the Glasgow-based NetIDme Ltd. Its aim is to keep children safe while surfing the internet. NetIDme virtual identity card displays the user`s first name, age, gender, and general location. Children can use it to exchange online when in chat rooms and social networks or swapping instant messages.

After a success in several UK schools, the application will soon be available also in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. NetIDme`s managing director Alex Hewitt had invented the virtual ID card, after finding that his daughter could only verify the age and identity one third of her 150 online friends.

"I needed to come up with a way to protect her, so I created software that works on a secure public- and private-key system. If you want to give me your ID, the system creates a virtual ID card and sends it to me. Only I can view and lock that information, so I can`t pass on the card to someone else and pretend to be you," he said.