I actually met with them in their London offices in 2018. Itās a standard EMV smartcard chip system. It doesnāt use any old NFC, it must be a certified EMV capable smartcard chip.
Again there is no issue with the technology. Apex can totally do payments and has the payment applications already loaded onto the chip. The problem is not related to the partner, the technology, the chips, the terminals, the processor, or even the banks. The problem is squarely that MasterCard and Visa will not allow implants to function as certified payment instruments on their networks.
Is there a Trojan Horse option? Make the apex into a wearable option, irc there was an Apex ring at one point? Therefore, partnering up the ring but making it indistinguishable from the implant, thus allowing the implant to be registered as a wearable?
If thereās a hill I will die on, itās this. Certain technologies mature, and simply should be left alone. Period. Just cause you make a replacement DOES NOT mean youāve made an improvement.
Which leads me to my current issue. I need a wired Xbox 360 controller to play games on my PC. All I can find is cheaply made crap that rarely works even out of the box. The āMicrosoftā version is actually made by Power A (for the xbox One), and while itās better, it lasted with light use less than a year. I had a used 360 controller that I got for free that lasted 5-6 years of fairly heavy use.
So, is there anything out there worth bothering with, or should I just stock up on the cheaper version and get used to switching them out when they die.
I use this exact Microsoft USB adapter to use my xbox 360 controllers with my PC wirelessly;
I just keep feeding them AA batteriesā¦ or you can use the wireless but plug in a USB power only adapter if you want to power your controller without batteries.
As for the 360 controllers, I keep an eye out at goodwill and value villageā¦ thrift and second hand storesā¦ always snatch them upā¦ usually for $10 each and many still work great.
Whats funny is i read that postā¦ and then i thought man it would be cool to be chipped without my knowledge. Like i know im being chipped, but i dont know what chip i get. Like an install day chip roulette.
Is it an xMagic? Maybe a blinky? Who knows? Send it.
