Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Design Hack Could Make Apple EarPods More Wearable

Sprng

Most earbuds never sit snugly or comfortably in my ears. It's why I was excited last year when Apple boasted that its then-new EarPods were "defined by the geometry of the ear."


When I got a pair with my iPhone 5, however, the supposedly magical earphones were a flop. Now, one Canadian industrial-design firm has come up with a hack that may help those of us with stubborn ears.



The folks at OHM faced a similar dilemma, so they designed Sprng clips, which aims to help EarPods stay put.



"As active folks, we noticed that our Apple EarPods continually fell out while we were on the move. With some research, we realized that it wasn't our ears. We also didn't like the idea of having to buy a whole new set of earbuds designed to stay in our ears when we were active. Simply supplementing the existing earbuds seemed like a less wasteful solution so we began working on a small, simple fix to the problem." Read more...



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