Abstract: The present invention discloses a device and a method useful for the provision of secure payment and certification of digital content access, while the devise comprises: at least one IC chip containing an operating system and memory provisions, an interface of a plurality of N plated electrical input contacts (PEICs); interconnected to said IC chip; N is an integer number equal or higher than 1; and, at least one operating system able to process information and recall it, stored on said IC chip; at least one encoding mathematical formula stored on said IC chip that generates a response to input provided by entering a prescribed sequence of electrical inputs to said PEICs by means of said card reader; at least one human interface that prompts the end user to enter data and enables the entry of said data, e.g., by means of an interconnected keypad.

Abstract: The invention herein disclosed provides means and methods for monitoring the condition of infants, young children, the elderly and the incapacitated from a remote location simply and efficiently and can be regarded as a remote babysitting system. A system for monitoring remote locations comprising a telephonic device adapted to pick up the line automatically when called by a celler, said telephonic device being acoustically coupled to its surroundings, wherein said caller may listen to said surroundings from a remote location is herein described.

Abstract: The present invention provides a situation awareness system of a driver of a vehicle in a multi-vehicle environment, said system comprising: a. a remote central server communicatively connected to a vehicle, comprising: i. a server computer comprising a CPU, a memory, and an operating system; ii. a wireless server transceiver; iii. databases within said server computer; iv. server applications within said server computer; b. a vehicle subsystem installed in a vehicle with a driver, comprising: i. an vehicle computer having a CPU, a memory, and an operating system; ii. sensors; iii. vehicle databases; iv. a vehicle transducer to interrogate external environmental responders about the state of the environment; v. a wireless vehicle transceiver; vi. vehicle applications within said vehicle computer; vii.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a device and a method useful for the provision of secure payment and certification of digital content access, while the devise comprises: at least one IC chip containing an operating system and memory provisions, an interface of a plurality of N plated electrical input contacts (PEICs); interconnected to said IC chip; N is an integer number equal or higher than 1; and, at least one operating system able to process information and recall it, stored on said IC chip; at least one encoding mathematical formula stored on said IC chip that generates a response to input provided by entering a prescribed sequence of electrical inputs to said PEICs by means of said card reader; at least one human interface that prompts the end user to enter data and enables the entry of said data, e.g., by means of an interconnected keypad.