Every day, Anicet Mbida makes us discover an innovation that could well change the way we consume.
This Tuesday, he is interested in helmets and headphones adapted to everyone's hearing and personalized.
The innovation of the day is finally personalized helmets and headphones.
Not only will they no longer fall out of their ears.
But in addition, the sound will automatically adapt to everyone's hearing.
Manufacturers are finally realizing that we do not all have the same ears, that we do not hear all highs or lows in the same way.
They have therefore developed several systems to create "tailor-made" headphones.
Those of Kygo or Nura, for example, will add a small microphone pointing towards the inside of the ear.
This allows them to be calibrated according to what is really going on in the ear canal.
And to have a personalized sound that takes into account our hearing.
Would it be possible also on classic headphones?
Yes, but it's quite surprising: you will be asked to take a photo of each of your ears.
A program will then analyze their shape to build the sound profile most suited to its morphology, without having to tweak the equalizer yourself.
This is what Sony has developed, for example, to calibrate its high-end headphones and earphones.
Another advantage of having a photo of your ears: being able to 3D print perfectly adapted ear tips.
We can therefore shake our head in all directions and be sure that the headphones will not move.
A service now offered by companies like Snug or Sennheiser for its Ambeo range.
It's expensive ?
Between 250 and 300 € for headphones, 300 and 350 euros for headphones.
We therefore remain in the price ranges of the current high-end.
A function that could be generalized.
There is really a lot of innovation going on in headphones and earphones right now.
The latest, I'll give you a thousand: headphones that automatically destroy germs when you put them away.
For those who are afraid of catching the Covid by the ears.