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Air-purifying headphones with active noise cancelling
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#22They are definitely not what we are use to when we hear the word headphone but I think they have a specific usecase and market they can address.
I think they are good for anyone doing woodworking, gardening (have pollens), labs where they are chemicals, and similar outdoor work environment.
The problem can be the cost. Dyson are not cheap so and they market that can use is not going to spend that much money.
but the concept is neat. Pushing a boundary
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#23Only place I ever expect to see this is on an airplane.
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#24Considering how much backlash there is around valved respirators, a purification system that blasts aerosolized droplets of spit out into the air seems like an obvious failure
I think the target market is less “COVID” and more “Beijing air pollution”.
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#25From the design video, it looks like it forces air in through the ear cones and then expels your exhalation forward with fans. Wouldn't this turn your face into an even more powerful droplet cannon?
I think the target market is less “COVID” and more “Beijing air pollution”.
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#26Next model will have ozone generator built in, I presume.
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#27A lot of negativity here but I guess the target market is locations where the air pollution is bad enough that the benefits of escaping it outweigh looking like an extra from a sci-fi B-movie. I remember hearing on the radio in London how air pollution was going to be very bad one day approaching 10 on some scale. A scientist was being interviewed and was asked "Where would the pollution in Beijing be on this scale?"…
I'm not sure how this is more compelling to use when Beijing is already comfortable with using masks, and we all suddenly have a giant pile sitting at home that aren't going to get a lot of use.
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#28April fools joke
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#29I legitimately can’t tell if this is a joke or not. It must be a joke, and yet it seems legit.
So close to April 1
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#30This is 100% April Fools, right?
Right ?