Bone induction headphones = not a new innovation. But also, not yet viable for sale. The folk at Studio Banana Things are hoping to change all that by turning to Kickstarter crowd funding for help.

The Batband headphones contain two transducers which sit just above the ear (and one round the back), rattling your inner ear bone and transmitting all sounds to your inner ear.

Paired through Bluetooth to your device, control is taken over by swiping and rubbing the side of the device. Incidentally, women in weaves have been performing this sort of action for years.

A few thoughts on this one:
– No more tender ear caused by hours on a plane
– Can’t they make the back strap translucent so we can spin it around and take to the streets Cyclops style
– Got to try these things first but isn’t it going to be frustrating and distracting walking around with sounds coming to you from within your head AND all the ambient sound around you coming in through your ears. Isn’t this the exact point of noise cancelling headphones we’ve loved for so many years?
– 01:06 for the world’s creepiest tech model
– Is this thing really for real?

Play time will last about 6 hours for music and 8 hours for long-distance relationship calls.

Get it: R2500 on Kickstarter and R4000 on sale once launched
From: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ostrich-pillow/batband