“Bone” is a low cost, discreet, headphone which emits vibrations through the skull (instead of the ears) to play music. This allows hearing-impaired individuals to enjoy listening to music. Over 466 million people in the world suffer from disabling hearing loss (with that number estimated to grow to 900 million by 2050). Furthermore, 60% of […]
The main idea of this project is to alert deaf people to potential dangers around them. Alarm Glasses have been designed especially for hearing impaired people who have hard time walking down the road. Since they can’t hear what’s coming from the side or rear, it would be very dangerous for them to cross the […]
Balmuda is a Tokyo-based technology company that has produced award-winning products, such Balmuda The Toaster where some people refer it as a game-changer in the kitchen. This time, we’d like to tell you about Balmuda The Speaker. At first sight, Balmuda The Speaker looks like a nice lantern, but it is actually Bluetooth speaker […]
When having conversations with many participants, hearing impaired people might have trouble in following the topic and get left behind even though they can read lips. Awaring is a concept device for hearing impaired people, it indicates speaker’s direction and the volume of voice in real time through light. In this way, they can perceive […]
