All items tagged with air conduction (15)

xMEMS Unveils AI Glasses Prototypes Featuring Sycamore MEMS Speaker and µCooling Fan

August 26, 2025 by Joao Martins

xMEMS Unveils AI Glasses Prototypes Featuring Sycamore MEMS Speaker and µCooling Fan

Delivering on earlier announcements, xMEMS Labs will demonstrate new AI smart glasses prototypes at its upcoming xMEMS Live Asia seminar series on September 16 in Taipei, and September 18 in Shenzhen. The concept features Sycamore, a very thin and light “sound-from-ultrasound” MEMS transducer that is able to deliver superior beaming for the challenging conditions of glasses frames. The prototype also showcases how xMEMS µCooling technology will deliver the industry’s first in-frame active cooling solution.

Shokz Unveils OpenDots ONE Clip-On Open-Ears

April 29, 2025 by Joao Martins

Shokz Unveils OpenDots ONE Clip-On Open-Ears

Shokz, the pioneer in bone conduction headsets that gradually is expanding its portfolio towards open-ear air conduction technology, announced the OpenDots ONE, a new design and form factor for the brand. These are clip-on earbuds with a design somewhere in between the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds and the Huawei FreeClip, but using Shokz's own air conduction approach, based on what it calls Bassphere technology, combining two facing dynamic drivers into a spherical module.

xMEMS Labs Powers BleeqUp Sports Glasses with Cowell MEMS Tweeter

April 22, 2025 by Joao Martins

xMEMS Labs Powers BleeqUp Sports Glasses with Cowell MEMS Tweeter

xMEMS Labs announced that its Cowell MEMS drivers are now implemented in a new sports glasses product from BleeqUp, a hardware startup based in China. The BleeqUp product launch, following a spectacular crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, marks the first commercial deployment of a MEMS tweeter in glasses frames, paving the way to further opportunities in the - so far elusive - smart eyewear market.

Shokz Unveils OpenMeet Professional Headset at CES 2025

January 10, 2025 by Joao Martins

Shokz Unveils OpenMeet Professional Headset at CES 2025

Shokz had a very strong presence at CES 2025, and unveiled the new Shokz OpenMeet headset, promoted as the new gold standard for professionals. Powered by an advanced Qualcomm chip, four amplifiers, and an advanced dual-microphone system with Qualcomm’s Clear Voice Capture (cVc) noise reduction, OpenMeet combines DualPitch technology that fuses bone and air conduction, and LeakSlayer 3.0 to minimize sound leakage, using advanced vibration control to keep conversations and audio private.

audioXpress.com - The Most Popular Stories of 2024

December 27, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress.com - The Most Popular Stories of 2024

We looked at the popular articles of 2024 in audioXpress.com (including selected articles from audioXpress and Voice Coil magazines), and we created this Top 11 list of news stories and online articles. As the number of visitors and pageviews registered by audioXpress.com continues to break records every year, visitors from all over the world returned more often to read the more than 10,400 stories available. Which of the topics and stories published online in 2024 were the most popular? Here are the results!

New JLab Flex Open Clip and JBuds Open Sport Earbuds Reinforce Open-Ear Designs

October 7, 2024 by Joao Martins

New JLab Flex Open Clip and JBuds Open Sport Earbuds Reinforce Open-Ear Designs

Unveiled at IFA 2024 and now available, the latest JLab earbuds are affordable open-ear and air conduction designs, with extended playtime, stylish comfort and audio quality. The Flex Open Clip Wireless Earbuds feature an ear-clip cuff design, that delivers powerful sound while keeping users aware of their surroundings. The JBuds Open Sport True Wireless Earbuds take open-ear to the next level for workouts with a sport ear hook for optimal comfort and performance.

Open Ears and the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds in Review

March 21, 2024 by Joao Martins

Open Ears and the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds in Review

I tested the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds and I'm Keeping Them. They sound great and allow listening at safe levels while being aware of what other people say. These make a great case for Open Ears and that's the topic of this article where I have inserted my review of the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds and I provide examples of how the industry has been exploring alternative designs that avoid in-ear occlusion, from loose-fit earbud shapes to the recent air conduction craze.

Bose Redefines Air Conduction with Ultra Open Earbuds

February 16, 2024 by Joao Martins

Bose Redefines Air Conduction with Ultra Open Earbuds

The result of an intense research effort to achieve the most effective approach for an open ear design, Bose just introduced the all-new Ultra Open Earbuds, a completely new form-factor. Described as "a breakthrough audio wearable" the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds are designed to let users hear the world while still enjoying music. The approach is to use air conduction to feed audio to the inside of the ear, while resting on the lower ear. OpenAudio delivers the air conduction, while signal processing adds Bose Immersive Audio to enhance the experience.

Oladance Introduces OWS Sports Open Earphones Optimized for Movement

February 14, 2024 by Joao Martins

Oladance Introduces OWS Sports Open Earphones Optimized for Movement

Oladance, the brand that surprised us in 2023 with its Oladance Wearable Stereo (OWS) technology in a true wireless format (Oladance OWS Pro) is back with a new announcement that now looks more like a familiar bone conduction headband, but its actually not bone conduction. Leveraging the same air conduction OWS technology, this new model from the company is an open ear alternative to bone conduction for sports, providing a natural and safe awareness of the environment with even more comfort.

Harman Embraces Air Conduction with New JBL Soundgear Sense

September 5, 2023 by Joao Martins

Harman Embraces Air Conduction with New JBL Soundgear Sense

The trend was already visible with Shokz, Oladance, and a bunch of other brands promoting the virtues of open ear designs using air conduction as the new panacea for personal audio. And at IFA 2023 we saw a deluge of "air conduction" product launches from every Chinese bulk exhibitor and even a few new brands. Although Harman was not at the show to be seen, it promoted an external event to showcase new affordable products and inevitably also its first-ever true wireless open-ear earbuds, the JBL Soundgear Sense.

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