At first, Madeline and I thought of what problem in her life could we solve with a product that hasn’t been made yet.
She told me that it was a burden for her to get her music ready for when she snowboards. She wasn’t fond of untangling earbud cords all the time. It’s time consuming and plus, she’s wearing gloves.
Madeline thought up a product that could make things easier by fusing the beanie snowboarders wear with the earbud pieces. The beanie/headset would be Bluetooth operational, and very cozy. The product called Earworm beanies, would look roughly like what is below.
This sounded like the perfect product to make, so it has been, already.
I think that the next level from that product would be a scarf. A scarf that is lined with a flexible speaker and is controlled via Bluetooth.
This scarf device hasn’t been done yet, and could still solve Madeline’s problem. First, a scarf with built in sound could easily be surround sound wherever she goes. If she still wants to listen by earbud, there comes little earbuds attached to the scarf. The scarf’s speaker function helps in that its even less of a step before she rides out and it can be more immersive an auditory experience for her.
The scarf’s actual design is picked online, graphics wise.
The snowboarder’s scarf above is the only model for the speaker lining right now. The scarf wraps around the front of your neck and attaches in the back. The back holds one charger port (android to USB) and two earbuds on either side.
The flexible speaker technology is incorporated from K-array’s Anakonda KAN200 Speaker. This speaker module is designed to connect to other pieces much like building blocks in order to reach every inch of a room someone is presenting in.
The shortest singular unit of Anakonda KAN200 is 6.6feet. So when you run it along the inner lining of the scarf you can fill the scarf’s perimeter. (3 feet for the top and bottom, and .3 feet for the height) Anakonda KAN200 is very flexible and can even be made into knots, so it would not be like having hard plastic around your neck/face.
Sound emits from all parts of the speaker, so the whole scarf will be the speaker unless you wear the earplugs.
Specs:
“Each unit [of Anakonda KAN200] has dimensions of 79.5 x 2.2 x 1.4 in (202 x 5.6 x 3.6 cm), weighs 3.09 lb (1.4 kg)”
“The Anakonda has a frequency range of 150 Hz to 18 KHz (± 6 dB), high 64 ohm impedance, and 96 dB continuous SPL, or 102 dB peak.”
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The product name is being worked on, but currently it is Scound Design, for a couple of reasons.
- Scound is what I could think of for the mix of scarf and sound.
- Sound design is very present in this product, so “Scarf Sound Design” is really what it should be called (if I wasn’t dumb)
- Scound is kind of short for Scoundrel, which is a rude person who just doesn’t comply with rules, and if you use the speaker functionality to disturb peace, then this would apply to you.
