Developed for SK Biopharmaceuticals, ZERO Glasses and ZERO Earbuds were concept devices to monitor epilepsy patients in real-time through scanning their brain activity, heart rhythm, and motion.
There are very few objects that truly disappear into your life. Not because they’re invisible, but because they’re so well designed, so thoughtful, that they simply belong — like they were always meant to be there. ZERO Glasses and ZERO Earbuds are that kind of design.
When I first came across them, I wasn’t sure what they were. Not in the confused, “what does this gadget do?” kind of way — more like, “this looks too beautiful to be medical.” But that’s exactly the point. The name ZERO makes sense. There’s a visual and emotional purity to these devices — no excess, no shouting, no clutter. Just clean, honest form.
ZERO Glasses are impossibly light, with a frame that balances comfort and structure in a way that feels more like sculpture than tech. At first glance, they don’t scream “smart glasses”, no flashing lights, no chunky earpieces. Everything from the flexible temple tips to the inner sensors for frontal lobe signals, it is seamlessly tucked into the silhouette. This isn’t just good industrial design. It’s empathetic design. It respects its user, their need for discretion, for comfort, for dignity.
ZERO Earbuds take that same approach and bring it to the ears — but not in the way typical wireless earbuds do. These aren’t for blasting music or answering calls. They’re for listening. Deep listening. Each bud wraps around the back of the ear in a shape that feels more anatomical than digital, the sensor pads measure your brain signal in real-time. They’re soft where they need to be, firm where it counts. And the best part? Once you put them on, they stay put. No fiddling. No second thoughts. Just quiet, constant connection, not to your phone, but to you.
It’s hard to put into words how rare it is to see medical-grade technology delivered with this kind of attention to aesthetic restraint. The usual expectation is compromise: functionality over form. But ZERO doesn’t compromise. It fuses. It understands that people living with epilepsy don’t want their tools to look like reminders of limitation. They want them to look like life — fluid, natural, understated.
