Apple, Meta, and Google are all working on the latest in wearable technology. But only one company has created a line of wearable keyboards.

About a decade ago, the co-founders of Tap Systems believed the world was about to change — that computers would be transformed and enable humans to walk around wearing fashionable smart glasses that would enable them to listen to music, take photos, and answer calls.

Sure enough, smart glasses hit the market. And today, wearable technology is a seventy-billion-dollar market.

Tap’s leaders were curious how people would interact with wearable screens. So they started thinking about different input methods, from voice buttons to air gestures. They tried to imagine people carrying around small keyboards, joy sticks, and controllers. They looked at studies, watched science-fiction movies, and even imagined new devices.

Finally, they landed on the Tap Strap, a device that goes around your fingers and lets you type text or give commands just by tapping any surface.

Tap Strap can identify finger taps, swipes, and pinches and transmit a command to any Bluetooth device based on that tiny motion. That means you can tap your finger (or a combination of) on any surface and transmit anything from a simple letter, number, or symbol to any device capable of receiving information.

With Tap Strap, you can use your fingers or wrist to play/pause songs, trigger a command, take a photo, answer a call, scroll through notifications, or respond to texts.

In 2023, Tap Systems released TapXR, a wrist wearable with improved accuracy and extended gesture recognition. The company is now working on TapClip, a single chip-tap detector that integrates into smart watches, fitness bands, and bracelets. TapClip is due to be released this year.

Tap’s co-founders, Dovid Schick and Sabrina Kemeny, are accomplished electrical engineers. In a previous venture, Sabrina co-invented the CMOS imaging sensor, the underlying technology for all digital cameras. Thanks to her contribution, everyone can take photos and videos from their smartphones and webcams.

Meanwhile, Dovid took a previous company public on the Nasdaq, then sold it to one of the world’s largest medical-device companies.

Tap Systems has brought in $4.5 million in total revenue from 50,000 units sold. It’s been issued eight patents covering its technology.

Team Background

Dovid Schick - Co-Founder & CEO

Dovid previously founded Schick Technologies, where he invented and commercialized the first digital X-ray system for dentists. He took the company public on the Nasdaq and eventually sold it to a large medical-device company.

Prior to that, he spent four years as an electrical engineer with Cox & Company, a manufacturing business. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from UPenn.

Sabrina Kemeny - Co-Founder & President

Dr. Kemeny is best known for co-inventing the camera-on-a-chip technology which revolutionized digital imaging and is at the core of every cell-phone camera. She completed this work while with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Prior to starting Tap Systems, the founded Photobit, a photography company, and was a marketing manager with Micron, an imaging-services business.

She earned an Associate’s degree from the University of Vermont and a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Columbia University.