ORIGAMI INSPIRED FOLDABLE HEADPHONES
AI in Every Product:
The buzzword today is AI (Artificial Intelligence) and its integration. Getting Google Home and Alexa into your home is by far the most fierce push you will ever see in Tech Giants such as Google, Apple, Amazon etc. These companies have been pushing towards getting these devices in your house to an extent that they almost want to give you the product for free. How about self driving cars? You can find kitchen appliances, home goods integrated already. It’s now time to see a little bit of AI digital assistant power in Headphones. The AudiBall is a Bluetooth headphone that transforms into an impressive spherical smart speaker, with in-built Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant capabilities.
The inspiration:
It came from basic origami techniques. The Headphone is compact and portable. It is designed to fit into just about any space. Being a practical device, it is waterproof, dust-proof, and durable. Designer Vedang Kulkarni has kept in mind the key aspects of functionality and transformation. Needless to say, all controls are intuitively placed and you can access and adjust them easily.
The Product:
Audiball is your personal headphone and a smart speaker on the go. The telescopic headband are stylish and look very chic as an accent in the speaker mode. Features include active noise-canceling technology for a better listening experience. As Vedang puts it, “In the headphone mode, AudiBall sports a semi closed-back design. This gives users comfort for prolonged wear and a large soundstage. At home, AudiBall quickly collapses into a smart speaker with in-built voice assistance like Amazon Alexa. Now you can ask AudiBall to play music. You can tell the device to control your smart home devices. How about tell it to manage your calendars. Even better get weather updates. If that not enough just tell it to access tens of thousands of Alexa skills.” AudiBall communicates control and voice data messages with the Alexa App over Bluetooth using a BLE or RFCOMM connection. Read the full article