The Evolution of Smart Card Technology

In a world where every well-intended advance in technology has a habit of soon being followed by someone finding a way to abuse it, it has become imperative to find an all-encompassing and secure solution to service virtually all facets of modern life.

Try to imagine a world with no keys, no wallet containing numerous ATM cards, credit and debit cards, retails cards, wads of cash (if you are so lucky), identification books, cards and papers.  Add to this list of unnecessary items your driver’s license, passport, medical aid membership card, health club membership card and various papers that tell you the statuses of all the above mentioned.  Now imagine all those components combined into one single physical card with a minute embedded gold-colored computer chip.  Sounds impossible?  In fact, one could go as far as calling it inevitable.

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