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Powermat Founder Wants to Kill the Keyboard

  • Wearable strap lets you type with finger taps on any surface
  • Global wearable tech market forecast as $31.3 billion by 2020
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Powermat Founder Taps Smart Wearable to Kill Keyboard

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With estimates suggesting the global market for wearable tech will surpass $30 billion by 2020, significant prizes await those who can crack “the next big thing.”

Ran Poliakine, best known for founding Powermat Technologies Inc. to eliminate the world’s dependence on electrical cables, is setting his sights on improving communication with wireless devices by transforming human hands into keyboards that type anywhere, and on anything.