Well, no dought Canada has tech talent but what happened to North? We previously reported on Thalmic Labs, an Ontario Canada company that initially developed the wearable gesture device called Myo and than later shifted to making wearable smart eyewear. See below.

http://brightersight.ca/eds-blog/?p=2097

Well, perhaps it was too good to be true. The Canadian government has pulled 18million in funding that went to North to fund the development of their smart glasses. The company just announced that they have laid off 150 employees which led to their government funding being pulled.

 

Read more here:

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/2/22/18236695/north-focals-layoffs-canadian-government-navdeep-bains-funding

In case you want to learn more about North, click below,

 

https://www.bynorth.com/