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Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

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Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

#51

Do these work well on flights? Especially when you are sitting close to the exit row near the engine(s). OR am i better off buying the Bose Noise Cancelling headset?

Active noise cancelling is actually more effective if it's the engine drone that's bothering you! If it's the baby crying next to you, Hush can be more effective.

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

#52
post #49

These are definitely not the world's first smart earplugs - Etymotic has been offering this kind of technology for quite a long time now. http://www.etymotic.com/gsp15.html

See also: http://www.honeywellsafety.com/USA/Learn-More/QUIETPRO_Clear... The problem as I understand it, is that the skin in the ears isn't really tough enough to stick something in there for too long. Reportedly US marines abandoned those linked above, as troops started bleeding from their ears after a certain number of hours of use. Now, that was probably 20 hours+ - not really a problem if used only for sleep or…

There are a lot of weird plastic shapes to the Quietpro design that I can see irritating and making someone's ear bleed. If it was the foam causing people to bleed, I'd find that very strange as there are millions of people that use earplugs for hours and hours on end with no problem :/

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

#53

Developer here! Hoping to get some feedback if possible!

Heya! Just backed the project, seems super promising! As a developer have you tested these while coding? I've tried rainymooods which works alright, but I'm wondering now if this wouldn't be more effective (because of the cancelling). Also I may have missed this, but do you have any ideas with regards to motion sensoring or opening the API? It'd be great to buy a motion sensor compatible with Android and hook into th…

Cool thanks! :D I use a wired version all the time and I love how I can zone in and ignore the things going on around me! Motion sensing would be a bit of an expensive add-in. :( We would want to open up the API, thinking about it but we're a little worried because we don't know if there will be much application as our feature set is very tailored to the use case that we've defined :/

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

#54
post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See also: http://www.honeywellsafety.com/USA/Learn-More/QUIETPRO_Clear... The problem as I understand it, is that the skin in the ears isn't really tough enough to stick something in there for too long. Reportedly US marines abandoned those linked above, as troops started bleeding from their ears after a certain number of hours of use. Now, that was probably 20 hours+ - not really a problem if used only for sleep or…

There are a lot of weird plastic shapes to the Quietpro design that I can see irritating and making someone's ear bleed. If it was the foam causing people to bleed, I'd find that very strange as there are millions of people that use earplugs for hours and hours on end with no problem :/

Maybe i wasn't clear: the problem appears for troops that use them in war zones: essentially days on end, not merely hours. If it was just the foam type used, I'm sure they'd try and mix it up with something more soft. That was a huge contract that was partially cancelled.

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

#57
And yet another widget that needs to be charged...

What happens when I forget charging?

Will I miss my alarm in the morning or will it wake me up with a low battery alarm in the middle of the night?

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

#58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Heya! Just backed the project, seems super promising! As a developer have you tested these while coding? I've tried rainymooods which works alright, but I'm wondering now if this wouldn't be more effective (because of the cancelling). Also I may have missed this, but do you have any ideas with regards to motion sensoring or opening the API? It'd be great to buy a motion sensor compatible with Android and hook into th…

Cool thanks! :D I use a wired version all the time and I love how I can zone in and ignore the things going on around me! Motion sensing would be a bit of an expensive add-in. :( We would want to open up the API, thinking about it but we're a little worried because we don't know if there will be much application as our feature set is very tailored to the use case that we've defined :/

Well this is what I mean. You say expensive; I say damn cheap : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/192833321/pebblebee-the...

This is why you need to open up the API in whatever form you can. Developers are going to want to use your tool in ways you aren't thinking of.

Re: Hush: The World's First Smart Earplugs

#59
post #56

If anyone is looking for mid-price dumb earplugs, I read this article today. https://illmethodology.com/2014/11/tried-earplugs-amazon/ TLDR: A working DJ tried all the mid-price dumb earplugs on Amazon, and recommends EARASERS.

Note that this recommendation is for DJ purposes, not maximum sound attenuation for sleep.
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