Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine May 2018 | Seite 82

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$ 300mn in funding worldwide in 2015 .
The Taipei-based IoT hardware manufacturing startup Seraphim creates cutting-edge optical tech that sits “ at the intersection of hardware and software for wearable technology ”. One of its products , Odin , is a mouse that also uses lasers to project a functional workspace onto a desk . Another project , the Keybo , “ is the world ’ s most advanced virtual laser projection keyboard and piano . In just a second , it can turn any flat surface into your keyboard or piano ”. The product is currently being funded through Kickstarter . As Serafim CEO , GZ Chen , told Computer Weekly in 2016 , “ it is not easy to find money
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