Gizmodo: bone conduction

Motorola Endeavor HX: Bone Conduction Helps You Annoy Commuters In Clarity

Simon Crisp — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:23:48 EDT

Motorola is rolling out the Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset which combines bone conduction and noise cancellation.

They say this means you will get the clear sound without any background noise, not that anyone else is trying to do something similar... Jawbone anyone?

In "stealth" mode the HX1 uses an ear sensor to to convert your vocal vibrations into speech rather than using the external microphone. Moto claim that because their sensor is on the ear rather than the side of the skull you get a better quality sound.

No details of a US release yet but the HX1 will be available in Asia in July. [Motorola]

Audio Bone 1.0, Possibly the First Non-Dorky Bone-Conduction Headphones

Kit Eaton — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:19:00 EDT

We've shown you bone-conduction headphones of different shapes and sizes before, but these new Audio Bone 1.0 ones may be the first genuinely stylish-looking ones (though you'll undoubtedly get people asking why you've not got your earphones in your ears.) They're a development on the version we showed you ages ago, hanging around behind your head, and making contact with the bone just in front of your ear: hence you get your MP3 sounds directly delivered to your inner ear without blocking the sounds around you. They've got a frequency response range of 50-12,000Hz, and come in different colors for $189.00. [Product page]

Pantech's Bone Conduction Phone Makes Us Say Duh

Jason Chen — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:40:09 EDT

Although bone conduction is nothing new in headphones and Bluetooth headsets, not very many cellphones incorporate it into their feature sets. Pantech's KDDI A1407PT in Japan does have this bone conduction loudspeaker, and channels sound through your bones from your ear (or just behind your ear), which helps you hear in noisy environments. Other than the boning factor, this $165 phone is pretty plain, with a 2.4-inch screen and a 1.3-megapixel camera. Put the bone technology into a great phone and we'll start getting excited. [Digital World Tokyo via Uber Gizmo]