Earphones that don’t sit in your ears!

Call me audio-obsessed, but I can’t stop admiring this pair of earphones (should I call them that? They don’t really rely on your ears) that go by the name Batband. Using a technology we’ve been a fan of for long, i.e., bone conduction, the earphones rest above the ear on the skull, relaying vibrations into your head directly through the bone. Sound travels faster, sounds clearer, and you can still hear your surroundings, because you don’t have a pair of earphones in your ears!

What’s interesting is the aesthetic take on the earphones. It looks sleek and futuristic, yet familiar. Unlike the Google Glass that looked futuristic, but didn’t catch on for looking too ahead of its time, the Batband has a much more contemporary vibe to it. In fact, the band design could very well extend all the way to the front and become a VR or AR headset, don’t you think?!

Designer: Owi Sixseven

Sarang Sheth

Sarang is the co-editor in chief of Yanko Design. He is a former industrial designer at a Bangalore-based multidisciplinary design studio, working in areas including appliances, FMCG, packaging, technology, luxury, etc. Sarang has written about design and technology for over a decade and has been a jury member on international design awards. He occasionally works on tech concepts featured on Forbes, The Verge, Hypebeast, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, LetsGoDigital, and Unbox Therapy. Sarang graduated from MIT Institute of Design, Pune.

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