Conceptual (h)ear Piercing Jewelery
From core77.com:
The Deafinite Style is a concept from Munich-based Designaffairs STUDIO that turns a hearing aid into a piece of jewelry, provided you’re up for a bit of lobe stretching to get started. The main advantage they propose (aside from an instant hipster-grunge-punk look) is the opportunity to embed the TriMic System — a highly effective directional microphone system made from 3 individual microphones — into the plug, helping people who suffer from severe hearing loss.
For a few months now I’ve been thinking about something like this, though I’d been thinking more along the lines of an mp3 or bluetooth plug. Using it as a hearing aid hadn’t even occurred to me. This is really cool, I hope it gets picked up soon. Thank you for posting it.
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