Sony Files for Skin-Powered Headphones Patent (WebProNews)
Sony Files for Skin-Powered Headphones Patent (WebProNews)
Engineers at Sony are developing a set of wireless headphones that use a person’s skin to transmit a signal between the headpiece and music source. The current system uses two electrodes encased in fabric to send an electrical signal through the human body between 500 KHz and 3 MHz. According to the patent the electrode doesn’t have to be touching the body, but must be very close to it,