You got this thing wedged in your ear because otherwise you can’t hear what the damn whippersnappers are all yappin’ about. Then along comes this other earpiece you’re supposed to jam in your ear, so that you can talk on your cellphone while driving or juggling or whatever the kids are doing these days. Along comes some German designer who says, why not use the same contraption for both purposes? Figures.
It’s so obvious, I wonder why Jawbone or Plantronics didn’t think of it first. (Maybe they have—readers?) The trouble is probably execution. This prototype was created for an actual hearing-aid manufacturer, but the functional details are scant and in German. All Babel Fish could say is, “In this innovative hearing aid with navigational auxiliary functions applied it falls thus, one on older humans cut handling to develop user guidance and product diagram.” Maybe your Deutsche is better.
Hörgerät “Sinus” – Audia Akustik [Triagonale via Yanko Design]
Penguinister
Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 9:18 PMI had a company recently contact me regarding a bluetooth pendant device for hearing impaired users. They wanted to test it with normal cordless phones that support bluetooth devices. Well it didnt work but I learnt its worn as a pendant and the headset works in conjunction with the pendant and supports the new bluetooth 2.0 standard (thats why the phone didnt work). The pictures look exactly like the device described to me over the phone a week ago. Nice to see it in the flesh after all the whispering on the phone.
wernerwaimarana
Monday, May 28, 2007 at 9:03 PMBluetooth 2.0 would be backwards compatible to 1.1. No?