china daily雙語新聞：AfterShokz無需插入耳孔的耳機
Headphones let us escape to our own private bubble─which is not a good idea when walking, running or bicycling on busy streets.
This year's Consumer-Electronics winner, AfterShokz, addresses this problem with sports headphones that loop over the ears like other headphones but send sound waves through the listener's cheekbones.
Environmental isolation is a serious problem; a recent study of pedestrian injuries found that three-quarters of people hurt or killed after colliding with a car or train were wearing headphones.
By transmitting music directly to the inner ear, AfterShokz headphones don't block out sirens, warning shouts and other background noises.
The bone-conduction technology used by AfterShokz was developed in 2001 by Shenzen, China-based Voxtech Ltd. to help soldiers in the field listen to radio-based commands while staying alert to their surroundings. A Voxtech unit, VoxLinc LLC of East Syracuse, N.Y., introduced the product in January.
Headphones let us escape to our own private bubble─which is not a good idea when walking, running or bicycling on busy streets.
This year's Consumer-Electronics winner, AfterShokz, addresses this problem with sports headphones that loop over the ears like other headphones but send sound waves through the listener's cheekbones.
Environmental isolation is a serious problem; a recent study of pedestrian injuries found that three-quarters of people hurt or killed after colliding with a car or train were wearing headphones.
By transmitting music directly to the inner ear, AfterShokz headphones don't block out sirens, warning shouts and other background noises.
The bone-conduction technology used by AfterShokz was developed in 2001 by Shenzen, China-based Voxtech Ltd. to help soldiers in the field listen to radio-based commands while staying alert to their surroundings. A Voxtech unit, VoxLinc LLC of East Syracuse, N.Y., introduced the product in January.