Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

serf wrote: post #3

seems like it's sure missing the chance at sleep tracking -- a connected hardware implement that you need to wear while sleeping.

LOL yeah, we decided to take it out of this version to keep the value of it very clear in "Block out the world. Hear what you need." But that is something we plan on implementing into V2!

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

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Post by michaelmior » Mon, Nov 17, 2014, 9:30 PM UTC

d4n13ll33 wrote: post #2

Developer here! Hoping to get some feedback if possible!

What about the need to be woken up by external events which aren't connected to your smart phone? The immediate example I think of is a fire alarm.

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

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Post by d4n13ll33 » Mon, Nov 17, 2014, 9:32 PM UTC

michaelmior wrote: post #5

d4n13ll33 wrote: post #2

Developer here! Hoping to get some feedback if possible!

What about the need to be woken up by external events which aren't connected to your smart phone? The immediate example I think of is a fire alarm.

Our plans are to tie into the greater smart home! Think Nest, smart baby monitors, smart security systems, etc. We've already been talking with a number of OEM's like Samsung who want us to use their ecosystem :)

But for this V1, we can't effectively block out a fire alarm.. those are really loud.. We can block out maybe 70dB max with our device whereas fire alarms are generally much much louder!

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

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Post by nordsieck » Mon, Nov 17, 2014, 9:35 PM UTC

The large 70db next to "hush the world" makes it sound like the earplugs offer 70db of noise reduction.

Which I know is BS, because the best earplugs made offer 33db of noise reduction.

I can only assume that the 70db number is the sum of the noise attenuation and the speakers' volume, but specific claims about the earplugs performance would be nice.

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

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Post by fernandotakai » Mon, Nov 17, 2014, 9:35 PM UTC

man i so thought this played music, it would be the perfect headset for me. i like listening to audiobooks before sleeping and every single bt headset i tried doesn't let me move around while laying down (mostly because the wrap around the back of my head).

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

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Post by d4n13ll33 » Mon, Nov 17, 2014, 9:36 PM UTC

Hacker News just broke our website, LOL

You could check out what we're doing on our Kickstarter, haha.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hush/hush-the-worlds-fi...

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

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Post by d4n13ll33 » Mon, Nov 17, 2014, 9:57 PM UTC

fernandotakai wrote: post #8

man i so thought this played music, it would be the perfect headset for me. i like listening to audiobooks before sleeping and every single bt headset i tried doesn't let me move around while laying down (mostly because the wrap around the back of my head).

Yeah, we had to limit that because it is first and foremost a noise isolation device for sleep and we had to have 10 hours of sound generation to be able to get through the night :( We're considering in V2 to let it be an option to stream audio for like an hour or so and then autoshutoff! This is our "MVP"