Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 13th November 2022, 8:16 AMThe Secret Genius of Modern Life with Hannah Fry
This week the bank card, and I have to say it was absolutely fascinating.
How it all started in America in the late 50s, how they are made, the security involved and the technology inside that thin card - the chip, the aerial. Mind boggling, which skirted around the involvement of the Theremin, the man who invented it and spent years in a Russian gulag, and the (now) hilarious gift the Russians gave to the various American embassy officials that used the same technology we have in the card today, to spy on the embassy - a gizmo that doesn't need its own power source.
Caught a bit of this myself. Looked a great explanation!