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Roland Moreno
French inventor, engineer, and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roland Moreno (11 June 1945 – 29 April 2012) was a French inventor, engineer, humorist and author who was the inventor of the smart card.[1][2][3][4] Moreno's smart card, or la carte à puce in French, was little known internationally. However, he became a national hero in France and was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in 2009.[1]
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Roland Moreno in 1996.