samleecole writes: Apple’s AirPods are a tragedy. Ecologically, socially, economically — they’re a capitalist disaster. The opposite of AirPods, then, is this extremely punk pair of DIY wireless earbuds that someone on Reddit hacked together using an old pair of wired Apple headphones and some hot glue. “I started this project roughly two months ago when my friend got a new…
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‘I Bought Some Noise-Canceling Headphones. They Don’t Cancel Noise’
“Many are seduced by the idea that they can listen in silence,” complains ZDNet columnist Chris Matyszczyk. “This doesn’t seem to be true,” he writes, describing a typical experience with some $279.95 Beats Studio3 wireless over-ear headphones: I could still hear so much of what was going on beyond the soccer match or movie upon which my headphones were supposed to…
Why Airpods Are An Environmental ‘Tragedy’
Vice’s “Future Relics” column asks what people 1,000 years from now will think when they keep discovering abandoned Airpods from 2019:
For roughly 18 months, AirPods play music, or podcasts, or make phone calls. Then the lithium-ion batteries will stop holding much of a charge, and the AirPods will slowly become unusable. They can’t be repaired because they’re glued together. They can’t…
Microsoft Is Jumping Onto the Wireless Earbud Bandwagon, Says Report
According to a report by Brad Sams at Thurrott, Microsoft is going to expand its range of audio hardware with the introduction of a set of wireless earbuds. They will accompany the Surface Headphones, a premium-priced pair of wireless headphones that Microsoft released last year. Ars Technica reports: Microsoft has shipped earbuds before: the Zune media player came with earbuds…
How do noise cancelling headphones like Apple Airpods Pro work?
Noise cancelling technology like that used in the new Apple Airpods Pro and Bose headphones was originally invented in the early 1980s to prevent ear damage for pilots and was later used by tank crews in the US Army. Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13618504-100-how-do-noise-cancelling-headphones-like-apple-airpods-pro-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…