Ear plugs of the future with the "switch" of the world

We constantly write about a variety of music gadgets. For example, we talked about the history of Thomas Edison's cylindrical phonograph, methods of resuscitation of a bent vinyl record, "the flute of forgotten dreams " and 3D sound technology . Today we decided to look at something more modern and tell about the project of the Doppler team - a set of earplugs called “Here”, which, according to your desire, regulate the sounds of the surrounding world.

CEO Noah Kraft (Noah Kraft) gave the project the name "super hearing 1.0". Two round white earpieces allow you to “tune” your hearing. Doppler managed to bring theoretical studies to life in such a way as to customize the gadget to mute or improve the sound of the surrounding world.
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A personal equalizer will help you selectively drown out sounds that you don’t want to hear, such as harsh underground sounds or a baby’s crying. Yes, the device has a function called "Suppressing Children", specially designed to silence children's screams.

“Hearing is human dignity, and we want to make it amazing,” says Lanman. “Having a volume control in your ears is awesome.”

By the way, the team excluded the possibility of using the gadget 24 hours a day without taking off, listening to Spotify, talking to Siri and making phone calls. They are confident that his initial task is to personalize the sound, for example at a concert.

Implementing a project

The founders of the project have already earned points on the IT start-ups market thanks to the successful exit from Livestar's recommendatory music service in favor of Pinterest. In the future, colleagues paid attention to how the sound quality varies from excellent to crappy, depending on the location of the listener in the concert hall.

The first product Doppler were Dubs - earplugs. They simply muted the selected frequencies. At this stage, the team has established relationships with partners and attracted engineers. The projects Dubs and Here are based on algorithms that allow capturing, processing and reproducing sound without any noticeable delays.

What's next

The team wants to create something like "Google Street View, but for sound." The service will be able to offer automatic sound optimization based on location and environment.

According to the project managers, we will wear such a device 24 hours a day: “You put it on at night and hear the sound of the surf, but your wife does not. She can hear the baby crying if she is nursing with him, and you do not need to hear him.

None of you need to hear the noise of a garbage truck. You wake up in the morning, listen to music and take a phone call. ”