Bone Conduction Shuffle Headband

When my brother was on the SWAT team in Idaho, he showed me the bone-conduction headsets they used on their operations. That way, every officer could hear the radio chatter but no sound leaked to anyone else, so their cover was never blown.

This might actually be useful for wearing under my motorcycle helmet.

That thing sounds crazy. All of those things sound crazy.

Jon, don't get your panties in a twist. If you actually RTFA you would realize that this company is CLEARLY NOT marketing this device to people with hearing deficiencies, but instead so that people can "look cool" while doing "extreme sports".

Wait, so companies use technologies for something other than their original intended purpose? MADNESS!

A former colleague uses swimming goggles with a built-in MP3 player that uses bone conduction. She claims that underwater they work very nicely.

Wow Mat way to not know your facts about the technology.

Bone Conduction is a hearing aid technology. For some people who were born with malformed ears (or in some cases no real ears at all), this technology allows them to have near normal hearing by conducting sounds through the bones of the skull into their inner ear.

The product you have posted here allows people with these types of hearing aids to actually have an iPod and listen to music etc.

Google "bone conduction hearing" to read more about it. It is an interesting technology and for some their only means to hear.

--Jon