This smart wallet has a built-in camera for catching thieves
Wallets already seem anachronistic. They’re stuffed with paper currency, analog identification cards, and credit cards that are easily emulated by your phone. But what if your wallet had 512MB of RAM, a built-in camera, and doubled as a Wi-Fi hot spot?
Volterman is a new smart wallet project on Indiegogo. It includes all the guts of a years-old smartphone, other than a screen. You can use it to charge your phone, you can pair it over Bluetooth to act as an alarm if you forget your phone, or have your phone act as an alarm if you forget your wallet. There’s also GPS, 3G connectivity (for that Wi-Fi hot spot), and RFID protection. The wallet can apparently even do wireless charging of your phone, and can itself be charged wirelessly by an…
