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Stephen Lake

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North

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What makes Stephen Lake a Global Shaker?

Describing himself, serial inventor Stephen Lake says, quite simply: “I like to build things”.

He’s currently co-founder and CEO of North, previously known as Thalmic, where he’s created what has been dubbed ‘the Google Glass that people actually want to wear’. His 500-strong company has been backed by $140m in investment and has created Focals, a new type of Smart Glass designed to look and feel like regular glasses.

Previously the company had created a gesture-based armband, Myo, which announced over $10m in sales and was able to control everything from drones to presentations.

Lake graduated with a degree in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and in 2011 was named as one of the 36 Canadian undergraduate students that would be the country’s next entrepreneurial leaders.

Tags: Wearable tech

Last updated: June 21, 2019