Medical Records - Repository of medical history and insurance information. TV Top Terminals - Key to controlling access to TV programming. Food Stamps - Elimates paper and allows tracking of every dime. Virtually all bank cards in France have converted to smart cards. Mobile phone users in Europe use them routinely.
Direct TV uses smart cards for renewable security in their satellite receivers.
PCS phones in the US will use smart cards. The University of Michigan recently issued 13,000 smart cards and plans adding 100,000 more by 1997. Subways and airport parking facilities in San Francisco, Washington DC and New York are using them. The State of Oregon will use Smart Cards for Food Stamps. Local banks are probably next.