Japanese researcher has a different idea for wearable tech

All the rage about wearable tech is centered on what we can put on our face or wear on our wrist, but another area that should not be overlooked is what we wear on our ears.



You would not be alone in thinking that our Bluetooth headsets, paired to our smartphones, already fit that niche. To a point, you are correct, but direct interaction with the smartphone is required to get anything channeled to your earpiece, be it music or navigation.



Think of something a little more autonomous, like in the movie Her. Embedded in this creation by Kazuhiro Taniguchi of Hiroshima City University, ...