Exclusively under your ears: print headphones on a 3D printer

Startup OwnPhones plans to use the magic of 3D printing to create wireless headphones that perfectly fit your customers' ears.

Yours and yours only: Headphones will be launched this year.

Jasmine France, a former CNET audio reviewer, complained about her “ too small ears, ” which made finding the right headphones very difficult for her. Well, @WeirdEaredJas , we have news for you. Startup OwnPhones plans to launch the release of personalized wireless headphones printed on a 3D printer.

“Ears look like fingerprints - each one is unique, so it's time to give consumers headphones that would fit them perfectly,” said Itamar Jobani, founder and CEO of the newly-minted San Diego company.
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To complete product development, OwnPhones launched a $ 250,000 campaign in July on Kickstarter. However, those who subscribed to campaign launch notifications were offered a 50% discount. Headphone retail prices are expected to range from $ 299 to $ 499.

In order to get their headphones, users will need to open a special mobile application from OwnPhones and make a short video on which you need to capture both ears (I'm going to get a little creative and take off the ear in a Game of Thrones style remix ).

After creating the video, the mobile application will upload it to the company's servers. OwnPhones, in turn, using photogrammetry (the science of determining the properties of objects from photographs) will transfer frames from video to a 3D model. The customer has the right to choose the material (plastic, gold or silver), as well as the style of headphones offered by the company. He can even indicate his favorite sport (for example, snowboarding), after which the company will combine the obtained analytical data with the mechanical simulation of the chosen type of activity in order to choose the most appropriate appearance for the headphones.

Headphones also have various smart features: for example, the ability to fine-tune an audible sound (from complete sound isolation from the outside world to a combination of custom music with city noise). With the help of the indicator light you can find out the status of the owner of the headphones (green = free, ask what you want; yellow = busy, but you can apply if necessary; red = do not come closer than 3 meters to my aura).

The idea of ​​printing headphones on a 3D printer came from Jobani (a sculptor and creator of installations) after the next drop of headphones while jogging.

“Ordinary headphones hurt because they put pressure on their ears. If they do not press, they fall out, ”Jobani said. “OwnPhones custom headphones, for example, fit perfectly when you run or jump.”

I didn’t manage to “scan” my ears this week, so I don’t have any idea how well the custom headphone assembly process works. But I do not exclude the possibility that the new headphones will be the best of all that I wore.