by shae on 5/3/25, 6:26 PM
by Etheryte on 5/3/25, 9:19 AM
Despite their recent massive flops in the AI department, in a way this makes me excited about Apple's prospects in this regard in the long term. These are bigger than AirPods, but they're not _that_ much bigger. Shave off the USB-C connector for wireless charging, swap the battery out to accommodate for the shape and you're already pretty close. Apple is really good at fitting things into the smallest form factor possible, and given they could offload all the compute to the iPhone which already comes with some pretty good chips, this could lead to some really exciting tech in the long run. They need to get their act together before that can happen though.
by eloycoto on 5/3/25, 4:08 PM
This is very cool project I need to say. I really like all the things that you build on top of that. I had no idea about the BMA550 accelerometer usage to detect speech and silences, it's very very cool.
Regarding the IMU, it mentioned the MM-FIT for workouts, but I checked the code and it's not used at all, no?
Good job, awesome product :-)
by Swain123 on 5/3/25, 10:32 AM
I was actively looking for something like this and had found this last week. Pine buds pro is another option that gives you quite a lot of control with access to the firmware. But I cant seem to get my hands on any of them. Either the custom duty doubles the price or it is too costly.
Nonetheless open-source ear buds is a big need for the engineering and hacker community.
by victorbjorklund on 5/3/25, 7:31 AM
This is pretty cool. Crazy price though (guess more of a devkit). Hopefully this will get adopted by others like Apple.
by djtango on 5/3/25, 4:07 PM
I'm probably not the target customer but could someone ELI5 what this is for?
by MeteorMarc on 5/3/25, 9:46 AM
What is the weight of one of these ear buds? I guess too much weight can easily give you head aches. On the other hand, it seems from the pics that further miniaturization is possible.
by jpalomaki on 5/3/25, 9:51 AM
Starter bundle price: 2348€