New York-based VoxLinc is demonstrating its AfterShokz bone conduction headset that transmits through the cheekbones – bypassing the eardrum so that the device is not in or covering your ears.
Ambient sound is unimpeded and eardrums are safe from loud sounds.
An iPhone version is available and allows conversations on the phone while monitoring the real world. Because they rest on the skin, even sharing is possible.
Extended use is easy since the comfort factor is high. They sound great and are light as a feather.
AfterShokz could be an ideal solution for use during production.
Engineers in the UK have designed, built and flown a model aircraft, the entire structure of which has been printed (including its two-meter wings, control surfaces and access hatches).
The Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft unmanned air vehicle (UAV) was printed layer by layer on an EOS EOSINT P730 nylon laser sintering machine.
The electric vehicle, the first of its kind to be completely printed, is capable of a top speed of nearly 100 miles per hour.
“The flexibility of the laser sintering process allows the design team to re-visit historical techniques and ideas that would have been prohibitively expensive using conventional manufacturing,” says University of Southampton professor Jim Scanlon. “This type of structure was initially developed by Barnes Wallis and famously used on the Vickers Wellington bomber which first flew in 1936. This form of structure is very stiff and lightweight, but very complex. If it was manufactured conventionally it would require a large number of individually tailored parts that would have to be bonded or fastened at great expense.”
“This is a great example of what 3D printers are making possible,” comments ETCentric staffer George Gerba.
New York-based VoxLinc is demonstrating its AfterShokz bone conduction headset that transmits through the cheekbones – bypassing the eardrum so that the device is not in or covering your ears.