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Can the Ocean State finally become a hub for marine-based technology?

GLOBAL EPICENTER: The owners of PowerDocks are inspired to make marine-based technology more applicable to everyday life, and their aquatic electrical charging platforms, or “power docks,” are designed to charge electric boats, along with underwater and above-ground unmanned vehicles – known better as drones. The cover design highlights a potential use for the company’s platforms, capturing video of ocean races. / COURTESY POWERDOCKS/CHRIS FAGAN AND JESUS MELO

Anthony Baro has a unique ability to visualize what’s yet to exist. It’s allowed him to design and patent inventions. It’s helped him grow E2SOL LLC, a renewable-energy firm in Providence. More recently, the ocean has become his muse, and he and partner Chris Fagan launched PowerDocks LLC, a venture focused on aquatic electrical charging

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