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A Japanese company Tuesday unveiled a new device that
will allow people "speak" through their ear so they can
use their mobile telephones in noisy places.
The device -- named
"e-Mimi-kun" (good ear boy) -- doubles as an earphone and
a microphone by detecting air vibrations inside the ear, developer
NS-ELEX Co. said.
The earpiece and an accompanying
device can be connected to a mobile phone, or wirelessly to a
Bluetooth handset, so that users no longer have to cover their
mouths when speaking in a loud environment, the company said.
Exterior noise is reduced
six-fold by the earpiece, it said, while a chip developed by Sanyo
Electric for the accompanying device reduces sound levels ten-fold,
it added.
NS-ELEX believes the product
would be useful for people working in places such as factories,
restaurants and amusement parks.
--AFP
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