Bone Conduction Gear for Headbangers
Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:35PM EDT
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I don't know many people who wear headbands—as a matter of fact, I've never even met one—but it appears headbands might still be a popular item at least in other parts of the world. Thanko is a Japanese store known to carry some strange gadgets, and a sure place to find the Vonia BT Sports bone conduction headband.
The wide headband features a small pocket (right on the forehead, no less) that can hold a tiny iPod shuffle, and two waterproof bone conduction speakers. Each speaker is supposed to be placed right on the temple to send musical vibrations out to the auditory nerves. Sounds too scientific, but in reality bone conduction is becoming a popular technology in headsets like the Jawbone and Motorola's H5.
The good news is that this technology will save your ears, because as you know, earbuds are really bad for your hearing. The bad news is that I doubt you'll want to look like Olivia Newton-John anytime you wear this wide and nerdy headband.
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1 Posted by laslo43@verizon.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:56PM EDT Report Abuse
years ago, National Lampoon Magazine carried an ad in its back-pages for an item called "The Bone-Fone". It fit over your neck, like a scarf, and the sound traveled through the collar bone, without external speakers. I wish I'd bought one. Even though I don't usually wear a headband, I might give this one a try. If nothing else, I'll skip the regret years from now.