Apple Files For iPod Volume Control Patent

According to a new patent application, Apple is developing a volume control device for its iPods that would automatically calculate how long a person has been listening to the portable music player, and at what volume, before gradually reducing the sound level over time. The idea is to protect iPod users’ hearing, which is taking a beating due to extremely high listening levels.

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Zelco Releases Outi Vibration Headphones

We haven’t been impressed with the sound quality of the current crop of bone-conducting headphones on the market, not to mention that most of them look like they hit every branch on the way down when they fell out of the Ugly Tree. But it certainly hasn’t stopped manufacturers from releasing new versions. The latest entry is the Outi from Zelco. You certainly won’t look cool wearing these puppies, which clip onto the...

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