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One Way Headphones

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A pair of headphones with a sensor mechanism in the cup that detects the position of the ear of the wearer. If you put them on the "wrong way round", the sound is automatically cut off.

That's it.

8th of 7, Oct 04 2009

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       Uhm..., too sensible?
blissmiss, Oct 04 2009
  

       Or better still, if it's got that level of instrumentation onboard, have it swop the signals over so that it's correct all the time.
Ian Tindale, Oct 04 2009
  

       Oooh, good idea, [IT].
8th of 7, Oct 04 2009
  

       I know that records get mastered so that they come out through one side of a stereo or t'other, but surely when you've got headphones on it doesn't really matter, it isn't as though you're going to miss some subtle nuance of the music, you've got it being played directly into your skull.
kaz, Oct 04 2009
  

       They should label left with an L and right with an R ;)
Your_Name_Here, Oct 04 2009
  

       The problem arises when a movie with a stereo soundtrack is watched with "reversed" stereo ..... a sound may "track" left-to-right whereas the image may track right to left; or two performers amy be stage left and satge right, but their voices may be coming from the "wrong" side.
8th of 7, Oct 04 2009
  

       [8th] Well then surely your television should just flip the image horizontally?
hippo, Oct 05 2009
  

       Useful for tracking bears with a homing device and differential sound levels to indicate direction.
UnaBubba, Oct 05 2009
  

       //the sound is automatically cut off// You don't think that automatically swapping the channels might be less irritating for the end user?
pocmloc, Oct 05 2009
  
      
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