RFID-enabled smart card with USB

RFID means Radio Frequency Identification and was born in WWII when a similar technology IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) allowed the user to identify airplanes from ally or axis. But nowadays, RFID is being used to makes your life easier...An example is the announce of SNCF ( French public transportation company ) that intends to begin employing RFID-enabled smart cards with USB connectivity, in order to allow users to plug the cards into a PC or laptop, automatically connect to the SNCF Web site and add funds to the cards from home. Approximately 1,000 SNCF customers will pilot the Weneo smart cards as part of the company's home-payment effort. Depending on the program's success, SNCF may try to have all their customers using the system by 2010.