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Bone Conducting Headphones

Headband with bone-conducting transducers driven by a Bluetooth audio board — listen to music with your skull.

Software
Hand fabrication
Material
Bluetooth audio + transducers
Duration
Sep 2018
Bone Conducting Headphones
// Project Notes
Objective: Use bone-conducting transducers to make a headband that plays music only I can hear. Problem: The wires would disconnect frequently inside the headband when I placed it down. Solution: Reinforced multiple solder joints with electrical tape and hot glue to reduce strain on the joint itself. The idea: listen to music without invasive earphones, comfortable enough to wear while lying on a pillow. Components: audio Bluetooth board, 5V step-up board, 3.7V LiPo rechargeable battery, switch, and 2 vibration cells. The cells turn any rigid surface they're placed on into a speaker by vibrating it at audible frequencies. Held against your skull they vibrate the bone, which vibrates the eardrum — sound, no earpiece, ears free.