Cell Phone Earbud Mike Blocks Out Ambient Noise

Nap Enterprise Co. will launch next month in Japan, an earbud microphone that enables cell phone conversations to be carried on in even very noisy settings such as concert halls and construction sites, reducing ambient noise by 30 decibels. Nikkei Net Interactive reports.

"The inCore features a microphone that is built into the earbud speaker and picks up the spoken voice not from the mouth, but from inside the ear. The person need not speak up to be heard, and a special sound-damping pad works to both block outside sounds from the microphone and let the user clearly hear the other end of the conversation through the speaker. ..."

emily | 4:35 PM | Technology |
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