After building a USB magnetic stripe reader, [David Cranor] has found a way to fool a magnetic stripe reader using a hand-wound electromagnet and an iPod. The data on a card is read and stored on ...

“There was a queue of people with exactly the same problem as me,” he recalls. The magnetic stripe was invented by an IBM engineer in the 1960s – his wife was instrumental in the process as ...

These cards are a little different to the credit-card-style cards we might expect, instead they’re a narrow strip with a magnetic stripe down their centre. The unusual feature can be found at ...

Mastercard announced that all of its debit and credit cards will lose the iconic magnetic stripe starting in 2024. Various advancements in payment technology have made the magnetic stripe unnecessary.

Magnetic stripe readers and magnetic stripe encoders are devices that read and encode magnetic stripe cards such as driver’s licenses, employee badges, and credit cards. A magnetic stripe card is ...

A magnetic knife strip can be a valuable addition to your kitchen storage. Typically used in professional kitchens, these ...

Upon arriving back at reception, he realised he was not alone. “There was a queue of people with exactly the same problem as me,” he recalls. The magnetic stripe was invented by an IBM engineer in the ...

Simulated distribution of magnetic moments in axial (e) and radial (f) directions, respectively. (g) and (h), The Ni-S crystal field in crystal NiS and on the reconstructed (100) surface.