The patient then takes the card to their pharmacist, who also has a smart card reader, and using information on the card, dispenses the prescribed medication into a dispenser.

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The doctor has a smart card reader and loads any prescription information onto the card.

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It, too, has a memory card reader for MicroSD cards, just in case you wanted to offload some photos and didn't have the tablet in its PC Station stand.

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The article reports that a company called Square has created a credit card reader that you can insert into the headphone jack of your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Android phone.

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On the ports and peripherals side of things, the unit has three USB ports, an HDMI port, and a card reader.

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While you could probably get along without WiFi in a home-based console that already has Ethernet, and you can always presumably hook up a memory card reader via one of the unit's four USB ports, the lack of HDMI output makes this pretty much a non-starter for anyone hoping to actually use the PS3's Blu-ray drive for anything more than playing games.

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It also has DVD-RW optical drive (can you believe it?), a card reader, a bunch of ports and even a TV Tuner should you want one.

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It also has a DVD-RW optical drive (can you believe it?), a card reader, a bunch of ports and even a TV Tuner should you want one.

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But Uni-Creation has taken the reverse approach here by stuffing a tabulation machine on top of a multi-format memory card reader.

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