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Sculpted Eers In-Ear Headphones Has You Mold Your Own Earbuds

Lambert Varias — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:30:49 +0000

In-ear headphones provide great sounds and decent noise cancellation, but only if you can find a set that fits right. Some companies like Westone or Ultimate Ears offer custom fitting – they have specialists that make molds of your ear canal, which are then used to make ear buds that fit you perfectly. But those types of services have an additional feature: budget cancellation. Sonomax claims it has come up with a great compromise – you get cheaper headphones, but you have to make the ear buds yourself.

When you buy a pair of the company’s Sculpted Eers in-ear headphones, you’re essentially buying an unfinished product. But it does come with the tools and materials you need to make your own ear buds. What’s more, the whole process takes just 4 minutes. Obviously there’s the risk of you screwing it up. Perhaps you end up making a mold of your armpit or butt instead. Here’s a demo of the process:

See? It’s so easy even the CEO of the company who makes it and thus is heavily invested in the success of the product can do it! And that’s while being interviewed! Seriously though, it doesn’t seem hard at all. The most critical part is ensuring that the headband fits snugly before you let the silicone out. Still didn’t get that? Here’s a more detailed video that seems to have been made for Sonomax employees. You can order a pair of Sculpted Eers on the official online store or on Buy.com. It’s available in two models – The $200 (USD) PCS-100 has a single driver while the $300 PCS-200 has two drivers for better sound.

[via Gear Patrol]

Crocheted Spock Ears: Knit Long and Prosper

Conner Flynn — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

You have to be a hardcore Trekker/Trekkie to wear these Crocheted Spock Ears. They are highly logical, highly warm and pointy. These would also pass for elf ears, so you get a two for one.

I don’t know about where you live, but here it has been like spring all winter so far, but don’t let a warm winter stop you from geeking out in these fuzzy Vulcan ears. You can make them yourself easily in just 30 minutes using the pattern on the website.

All of the directions you need are provided for you. It’s up to you to get the matching uniform, haircut and serious Vulcan scowl. Oh, and don’t forget the ever important arching of the eyebrows.

[via Croshame]

Negomimi: Mind-Controlled Cat Ears – Uh, Yeah.

Technabob — Fri, 06 May 2011 02:50:27 +0000

Despite the hardships and tragedies that Japan has had to endure of late, it hasn’t stopped them from occasionally taking time out from rebuilding their great nation to do something fun – like create a headband with cat ears you can control with your brain waves. Yep, Japan is on the mend.

Tokyo is making its comeback and starting to crank out the wacky tech once again. The Necomimi is a bit of funny-looking headgear from a company called Neurowear [JP], and it’s the first in what they hope will be a long line of mind-controlled fashion accessories. Yep, they definitely need to release a brainwave tail to go with these. Here, check them out in action:

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As you can see, the ears automatically respond to your thoughts, perking up when you’re concentrating, then laying down when you’re chilling out. Or, as the video example shows, they perk up when you eat a donut, and get all depressed when you come to the realization that you have no more delicious chocolate-covered donuts.

[via Japan Trends via CrunchGear]

Iriver Mplayer Gets Mouse Ears From Disney

Technabob — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:54:35 +0000

Thanks to a branding deal between Disney and iRiver, digital audio players are about to get a whole lot goofier looking.

The kid-friendly Disney Mplayer features a bubbly personality inspired by Mickey Mouse’s famous ears. Playback and volume controls are cleverly integrated into the ear designs.

While the images above might give you a sense of what these players look like close up, they’re actually quite tiny from the looks of this early prototype image that surfaced earlier this year…

The Mplayer should be hitting the streets of Asia this month, but it’s not known if and when the device will show up in other parts of the world.

[via iriverfans and dapreview]