Appliances and equipment for information processing, namely, computer peripherals, computer hardware components in a computer and electronic system in the nature of computer memory hardware and computer networking hardware; digital card readers; digital card reader heads; digital fingerprint sensor for biometric identity verification; magnetic and digital encoded cards and encoded electronic chip cards and encoded cards with integrated circuits and encoded cards with microcircuits all containing programming used for providing readable patient medical data, namely, biographic data, health history and insurance provider information; magnetic and digital encoded cards and encoded electronic chip cards and encoded cards with integrated circuits and encoded cards with microcircuits all containing programming used for providing readable bank account information, golf course information for use by people during leisure activities, for storing money for use in gaming, for dispensing cash, loyalty promotion in the nature of offering discounts on merchandise at selected retailers, for providing information on education, for providing medical identification, facilities access control to secure buildings, for providing information on pre-existing health conditions, for providing information on prescription medicine being used by patients, for providing security code information for household or commercial alarms, for storing money for use in transportation and for providing wireless telecommunications access