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Look out Mickey Mouse, “Batphones” are about to take over where your pathetic plastic ears only look cute and cuddly. Designed to enhance any sound coming from in front of you, these plastic prosthetic ears slip on as easy as a hair band, not that I ever wore a head band. Why didn’t I just say; as easy as a pair of headphones? Anyway, moving on. Designed by Matthias Ries, these ear extensions are not meant to replace traditional in-ear hearing aides, they were more designed for people with only slight difficulty hearing. Made from one piece of injection molded plastic, the Batphones are a cheap and quick solution when you need the volume turned up just a notch at movies, plays or hunting moths at midnight. Watch for Batphone earrings coming to an elderly tattoo parlor near you.
Designer: Matthias Ries
32 Comments »
pevans34 says
hahaha oh man thats great. this is like the modern day equivelent of those olden day ear horns
Keebler says
These could actually be fun. If you cup both hands around your ears you get a similar effect (though your hands wouldn’t reflect high frequencies like these), and it’s surprisingly cool/effective.
david says
um, i didn’t know that the Batphone sales reps were technically advanced enough to know how to comment on, much less find the Internet. But then again they don’t have both hands cupped around their ears anymore so they CAN type now. wow.
paul sandip says
quite interesting!
Nacon says
It’s retarded…. we already have hearing aids!
TH says
This has a serious purpose. First of all, these would cost a tiny fraction of a hearing aid. Second, as Anthony says these would be for those cases of mild hearing loss where the hassle or cost of hearing aid wouldn’t be justified. Moreover, many people at first have difficulties in focusing their hearing to the source, or separating the signal from the background noise, if you will. These (or the traditional horn) would help in this, as you effectively not only focus on the sounds coming from ahead of you, but also block out any sounds coming from the behind. And leaving your hands free for reading, knitting, or playing Doom on your Emmerdale case-mod XBox 360 is a good thing, too.
Henrique Staino says
Retarded is your comment.
“we already have hearing aids!”???
Are you sure you are interested in design?
TH says
To be a true batphone, this should come in black.
Mike says
I think any money saved by not puying the traditional hearing aid would be more than made up for in prescriptions for zoloft, or wellbutrin, or visits to a psychologist to treat the depression that the wearer would undoubtedly suffer from wearing these in public and enduring never-ending mockery.
Bruce Wayne says
It looks very silly, what are they are for anyway?
Batman is more cool then that?
tar says
there may actually be a market for these
unfortunately that market is furries D:
Susie says
oh my gosh.. this is so hilarious!!! should put it i the market…..hahhahaha
Ron Mitchell says
How can I buy a pair of the Batphone Ear Extensions; they are what I have been hoping were somewhere in existence! They’d be perfect for movies, where I never hear the low voice comments. And they would work better than my hearing aids in that they would deliver the exact sound, not a reproduced electronics sound that really doesn’t do it.
I have been trying to dream up a way to home-make a pair of these. I need them; where can I buy a pair??
Thank you … Ron Mitchell rmitch143@yahoo.com
Stainless Steel Biscuit says
Perhaps you could try using a homemade vacuum former to heat some plastic sheeting over a varnished clay or plaster mold. MAKE magazine had an article on how to build a vac former and there are probably plans online too.
The thin and uniform thickness and symmetry of form look suited to vac forming, plus the materials wouldn’t be all that expensive.
make_it_simple says
How about a beer plastic cup cut in halves, a regular hair band, and some glue… @@
Kristie says
I’d like to get a pair for watcing TV; how do you get more information (cost, colors, sizes) and order them?? Kristie
tabiji says
It’ll make you look stupid.
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