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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
Battery limitations :( And cost. It's also not the best at blocking out the sudden transient sounds that are responsible for jarring people out of sleep. Passive noise reduction + noise masking are much more effective for that!
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
They're meant more for sleep! Musician earplugs offer a completely different value proposition in keeping the frequency response the same while reducing dB. Our earplugs' purpose is to get maximum dB isolation so that your sleep i
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
When I spoke with someone from Kickstarter, they said that it's a safeguard against 'vaporware.' As long as you show evidence of your actual prototype (boards, CAD models, etc) and that real engineering is complete, it's
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
They are removable and can be washed under the sink. You can also replace them when they wear down! We'll keep our foam pieces pretty affordable!
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
We've done a lot of tests with the ergonomics of it - even delaying our launch for a month so that we could iterate more because the side-sleeper comfort wasn't up to par. it's smaller and rounder than what you see in the vid
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
Yeah, it is the sum of the passive attenuation of the earplug and the noise masking. We don't have the test equipment yet to make a dB calculation of NRR for the foam component, but from subjective tests when comparing with other earpl
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
We're the first "smart" earplugs in the modern understanding of the word "smart" as a connected device! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_device
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
Yeah, we had to limit that because it is first and foremost a noise isolation device for sleep and we had to have 10 hours of sound generation to be able to get through the night :( We're considering in V2 to let it be an option to str
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
Hacker News just broke our website, LOL You could check out what we're doing on our Kickstarter, haha. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hush/hush-the-worlds-fi...
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
Our plans are to tie into the greater smart home! Think Nest, smart baby monitors, smart security systems, etc. We've already been talking with a number of OEM's like Samsung who want us to use their ecosystem :) But for this V1,
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
LOL yeah, we decided to take it out of this version to keep the value of it very clear in "Block out the world. Hear what you need." But that is something we plan on implementing into V2!
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
Developer here! Hoping to get some feedback if possible!
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
Thanks! We will make it economical to buy them en-masse. Also, you don't have to throw them away weekly - that's just our hygienic preference. There are people that use the same foam pieces for months. You can wash them under the
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by d4n13ll33 12y ago
Developer here. Hoping to hear some feedback!