Monnaie in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

M. Roland MORENO

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 17, 2022

1. M. Roland MORENO Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Inventeur de la Carte à Puce a vécu dans cet immeuble de 1996 à 2006

(English translation:)

Roland Moreno, inventor of the smart card, lived in this building from 1996 to 2006.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is June 11, 1945.

Location. 48° 51.204′ N, 2° 20.314′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Monnaie. Marker is on Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3 Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, Paris, Île-de-France 75006, France. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Restaurant Dagneau (a few steps from this marker); Café Procope (within shouting distance of this marker); Porte de Buci / Buci Gate (within shouting distance of this marker); Stade Français (within shouting distance of this marker); Cour de Rohan (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); La Librairie Espagnole / The Spanish Bookstore (about 150

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meters away); L'Enceinte de la Philippe-August / Wall of Philip II Augustus (about 150 meters away); Emile Littre (about 150 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Roland Moreno (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: "Roland Moreno (11 June 1945 – 29 April 2012) was a French inventor, engineer, humorist and author who was the inventor of the smart card. 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....His original idea was for a signet ring, or smart ring, embedded with a microchip as shown in his first patent filed on 25 March 1974, when he was just 29 years old. Moreno modeled the ring on the seal ring used by European nobility with an upside down microchip and external arms to transfer or read information. However, the idea proved both impractical and unpopular during the 1970s. Moreno then simplified the idea, introducing a plastic card with a microchip in 1975. He called it la carte à puce, literally the chip card in English, due to the small chip inserted into the plastic card. Moreno first demonstrated
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 17, 2022

2. M. Roland MORENO Marker - wide view
The marker is visible here above the blue "Cafe Coton" sign.
that the smart card could be used in electronic financial transactions in 1976, using a machine which he held together with meccano."

(Submitted on June 7, 2022.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 151 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 7, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.