Storing information through magnetic patterns was first demonstrated to record audio. Since then, this concept has been applied for different products like floppy disks, audio/video tapes, hard disks, ...

We have seen tons of different memory card readers here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one from the guys over at Elecom, looks like it might be one of the most useful we have seen, the Elecom Magnetic ...

[ned]’s HandySwipe is a portable magnetic card reader. It runs on 4 AA batteries and collects data from track 2 cards. It uses a PIC 16F688 and displays the card’s data on a small LCD. It can store up ...