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Showing posts with label Kickstarter. Show all posts

Next generation headset without speakers



Technology development company based in Michigan, Hybra advance technology (Hybra), has today launched a campaign of public funding Kickstarter your headset audio and State-of-the-art technology, sound Band ™. sound Band ™ uses sound surface rather than speakers and headphones for audio delivery, allowing users to maintain awareness of environmental noise.

"We like to draw the analogy of the band sound ™, providing a home theater system experience. For example, you can still get involved with the others around you, hear the doorbell, baby monitor and the traffic, but at the same time be listening-in stereo-audio chosen, "explained Ryan Wells, Managing Director of Hybra."With sound Band ™, the need to remove the earphones or headphones to listen to what's going on around you becomes obsolete. "


Sound band ™, the company says, has applications beyond personal use, with their enhanced communication features suitable for language translation services, visits to museums, theme parks, along with private security and military and police communication.


Sound band ™ benefits: medical perspective


Dr. Jonathan Fisher, doctor of cochlear mechanics in the laboratory of sensory Neuroscience at Rockefeller University, has been researching better and safer alternatives to the use of headphones and earphones.


He said band sound ™:


"When he hears the conventional headphones, particularly the earbud style, because the speaker is so close to your eardrum you really run the risk of rupture of eardrum when you're listening to extremely high sounds.


"With ™ soundtrack, the sound is conducted through the bone and tissue in your head, and in the process his organically body molds the sound quality. Because sound waves ignore the eardrum, you eliminate the risk of any damage there. "


Sound band ™ Kickstarter goal


Purpose of the Hybra sound band ™ Kickstarter campaign is $ 175,000, which has been affected by the company to meet the costs associated with final audio tuning, wireless certifications including FCC and Bluetooth, audio software press, component assembly and packaging.


There are 14 levels of undertakes to choose from, starting at just $ 1 to help the project and going up to $ 5,500 for a single experiment with Hybra team.


We are eager to have the support of members of the international community Kickstarter that continually show their willingness to put their collective weight behind the advancement of new technologies, "said Mr. Wells.


The Kickstarter campaign to sound band ™ can be accessed at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hybratech/sound-band-...


About Hybra


Hybra is a product development company based in Traverse City, Michigan. Dedication to excellence, continuous improvement, ongoing research into emerging technologies and a firm belief in the entrepreneurial spirit are the driving forces behind our commitment to technology development.


Hybra core facility in Traverse City embodies the spirit of vision of the future and enables collaborative innovation through ideation unique laboratories, spaces of conversation and modeling/design workshops.


A network of international support is complemented by a dynamic experienced personnel in design, mechanical and electrical engineering, materials science, software/firmware development, graphic design and complete manufacturing capabilities.


HybraTech.com.


About the sound band ™


Sound band ™ is the expected solution for headphones. Is a wireless headset that uses sound technology (not speakers) to produce sound in both ears, leaving the ears open to the environment. ™ with sound, there is no longer any need to remove your headphones to have a conversation, ask for his third great breakfast or listen to your stop on the train! With sound band ™, you can still hear the world around you, but the world around you, you can't hear your sound Band ™.


Perfect for music, phone calls, video conferencing, intra-escritório communications, GPS, audio books, news feeds, meeting reminders, or any other personal wireless sound audio band ™ is (literally and figuratively) ready to shake the market-starting with their Kickstarter campaign-financing athttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hybratech/sound-band crowd-...


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Minnesota Hobbyist Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Produce Interactive Voice Response for Arduino



Arduino is a very popular open-source electronics prototyping platform for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Shields are boards that can be plugged on top of the Arduino board extending its capabilities. MICO Shield follows the same philosophy as Arduino: it is an open-source hardware and software project and easy to use.

MICO is an acronym for Mobile Interactive voice response & COntrol. MICO connects to a cell phone via audio jack and it has circuits to detect and answer calls. It then uses pre-recorded voice prompts to present information and options to callers, and touch-tone telephone keypad entry to gather responses. Responses can then be used to control lights, motors and other actuators, and get readings of temperature, wind speed, proximity and other sensors. The caller can be just a few feet or hundreds of miles away!


Igor S. Ramos is an Electrical Engineer and his full-time job is to design electrical systems for heavy construction equipment.. Away from work he enjoys creating electronics projects that involves circuit board design and microcontroller software, such as MICO. Igor showcases his project at his personal website http://www.dossant.com/projects/


The money raised from this Kickstarter Project will be spent developing, prototyping, and manufacturing MICO. Printed Circuit Boards will be manufactured by OSH Park. If the available funding exceeds the target, PCB manufacturing may move to a higher volume supplier and assembly may be outsourced.


Igor’s innovative MICO Shield is the result of over two years working on its building blocks. Igor realized it can be frustrating for non-experts to have Arduino interfacing to a cell phone. That is his motivation to produce MICO. He wishes to provide the open-source community with a development platform that takes away the complexity of cell phone interfacing so that Arduino users can focus on their project.


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