diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/circuit.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/circuit.dm
index db1bf1ff5f..dad71a005a 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/circuit.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/circuit.dm
@@ -78,5 +78,8 @@ PROCESSING_SUBSYSTEM_DEF(circuit)
 		/obj/item/integrated_electronics/wirer,
 		/obj/item/integrated_electronics/debugger,
 		/obj/item/integrated_electronics/analyzer,
-		/obj/item/integrated_electronics/detailer
+		/obj/item/integrated_electronics/detailer,
+		/obj/item/card/data,
+		/obj/item/card/data/full_color,
+		/obj/item/card/data/disk
 		)
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/cards_ids.dm b/code/game/objects/items/cards_ids.dm
index 4c96bf3b84..2d30a015e2 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/cards_ids.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/cards_ids.dm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 
 /*
- * DATA CARDS - Used for the teleporter
+ * DATA CARDS - Used for the IC data card reader
  */
 /obj/item/card
 	name = "card"
@@ -24,30 +24,49 @@
 	return BRUTELOSS
 
 /obj/item/card/data
-	name = "data disk"
-	desc = "A disk of data."
-	icon_state = "data"
+	name = "data card"
+	desc = "A plastic magstripe card for simple and speedy data storage and transfer. This one has a stripe running down the middle."
+	icon_state = "data_1"
+	obj_flags = UNIQUE_RENAME
 	var/function = "storage"
 	var/data = "null"
 	var/special = null
 	item_state = "card-id"
 	lefthand_file = 'icons/mob/inhands/equipment/idcards_lefthand.dmi'
 	righthand_file = 'icons/mob/inhands/equipment/idcards_righthand.dmi'
+	var/detail_color = COLOR_ASSEMBLY_ORANGE
 
-/obj/item/card/data/verb/label(t as text)
-	set name = "Label Disk"
-	set category = "Object"
-	set src in usr
+/obj/item/card/data/Initialize()
+	.=..()
+	update_icon()
 
-	if(usr.stat || !usr.canmove || usr.restrained())
+/obj/item/card/data/update_icon()
+	cut_overlays()
+	if(detail_color == COLOR_FLOORTILE_GRAY)
 		return
+	var/mutable_appearance/detail_overlay = mutable_appearance('icons/obj/card.dmi', "[icon_state]-color")
+	detail_overlay.color = detail_color
+	add_overlay(detail_overlay)
 
-	if (t)
-		src.name = "data disk- '[t]'"
-	else
-		src.name = "data disk"
-	src.add_fingerprint(usr)
-	return
+/obj/item/card/data/attackby(obj/item/I, mob/living/user)
+	if(istype(I, /obj/item/integrated_electronics/detailer))
+		var/obj/item/integrated_electronics/detailer/D = I
+		detail_color = D.detail_color
+		update_icon()
+	return ..()
+
+/obj/item/proc/GetCard()
+
+/obj/item/card/data/GetCard()
+	return src
+
+/obj/item/card/data/full_color
+	desc = "A plastic magstripe card for simple and speedy data storage and transfer. This one has the entire card colored."
+	icon_state = "data_2"
+
+/obj/item/card/data/disk
+	desc = "A plastic magstripe card for simple and speedy data storage and transfer. This one inexplicibly looks like a floppy disk."
+	icon_state = "data_3"
 
 /*
  * ID CARDS
diff --git a/code/modules/integrated_electronics/subtypes/access.dm b/code/modules/integrated_electronics/subtypes/access.dm
index bf710be0e2..9012cd1089 100644
--- a/code/modules/integrated_electronics/subtypes/access.dm
+++ b/code/modules/integrated_electronics/subtypes/access.dm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /obj/item/integrated_circuit/input/card_reader
-	name = "card reader"
+	name = "ID card reader" //To differentiate it from the data card reader
 	desc = "A circuit that can read the registred name, assignment, and PassKey string from an ID card."
 	icon_state = "card_reader"
 
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 		"on read" = IC_PINTYPE_PULSE_OUT
 	)
 
+/obj/item/integrated_circuit/input/card_reader/old
+	name = "card reader"
+	spawn_flags = 0
+
 /obj/item/integrated_circuit/input/card_reader/attackby_react(obj/item/I, mob/living/user, intent)
 	var/obj/item/card/id/card = I.GetID()
 	var/list/access = I.GetAccess()
diff --git a/code/modules/integrated_electronics/subtypes/input.dm b/code/modules/integrated_electronics/subtypes/input.dm
index b780762cd4..02500e5ed6 100644
--- a/code/modules/integrated_electronics/subtypes/input.dm
+++ b/code/modules/integrated_electronics/subtypes/input.dm
@@ -1104,3 +1104,43 @@
 	else
 		activate_pin(3)
 
+/obj/item/integrated_circuit/input/data_card_reader
+	name = "data card reader"
+	desc = "A circuit that can read from and write to data cards."
+	extended_desc = "Setting the \"write mode\" boolean to true will cause any data cards that are used on the assembly to replace\
+ their existing function and data strings with the given strings, if it is set to false then using a data card on the assembly will cause\
+ the function and data strings stored on the card to be written to the output pins."
+	icon_state = "card_reader"
+	complexity = 4
+	spawn_flags = IC_SPAWN_DEFAULT|IC_SPAWN_RESEARCH
+	inputs = list(
+		"function" = IC_PINTYPE_STRING,
+		"data to store" = IC_PINTYPE_STRING,
+		"write mode" = IC_PINTYPE_BOOLEAN
+	)
+	outputs = list(
+		"function" = IC_PINTYPE_STRING,
+		"stored data" = IC_PINTYPE_STRING
+	)
+	activators = list(
+		"on write" = IC_PINTYPE_PULSE_OUT,
+		"on read" = IC_PINTYPE_PULSE_OUT
+	)
+
+/obj/item/integrated_circuit/input/data_card_reader/attackby_react(obj/item/I, mob/living/user, intent)
+	var/obj/item/card/data/card = I.GetCard()
+	var/write_mode = get_pin_data(IC_INPUT, 3)
+	if(card)
+		if(write_mode == TRUE)
+			card.function = get_pin_data(IC_INPUT, 1)
+			card.data = get_pin_data(IC_INPUT, 2)
+			push_data()
+			activate_pin(1)
+		else
+			set_pin_data(IC_OUTPUT, 1, card.function)
+			set_pin_data(IC_OUTPUT, 2, card.data)
+			push_data()
+			activate_pin(2)
+	else
+		return FALSE
+	return TRUE
diff --git a/icons/obj/card.dmi b/icons/obj/card.dmi
index e6778c51af..507801844c 100644
Binary files a/icons/obj/card.dmi and b/icons/obj/card.dmi differ