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Setting sights on turning hands into keyboards

Tap Systems' foam strap translates finger taps into letters, numbers

Published Fri, May 13, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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Jerusalem

WITH estimates suggesting the global market for wearable tech will surpass US$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.

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