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    Inside the tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets hardware reversing righto.com
    calvin avatar via calvin 8 months ago |
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      icefox avatar icefox 8 months ago

      It feels weird that these things just get thrown away.

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        Teckla avatar Teckla 8 months ago

        I had the same reaction.

        Even though the key component is the size of a grain of sand, given the volume of tickets, it seems like a huge waste.

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        mperham avatar mperham 8 months ago

        Magical grains of sand which enable subway rides. Amazing.

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          rpaulo avatar rpaulo 8 months ago

          A very similar system powers the subway and bus in Porto, Portugal: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andante_ticket