Earring headphones blend fashion with function

Reuters Videos
Updated

STORY: These are the first pearl earring headphones

according to Nova, the company

behind the technology

Location: Las Vegas

The headphones do not go in your ear

Instead, they are worn like clip-on earrings

(Laurence Gaubert, Nova CEO)

“They are using the directional sound technology that we have patented and we send the sound from the pearl into the ear and the ear canal is free. That means you have... like a music surrounding you. It's a new sound experience and you can be connected without disconnecting to the surroundings.”

The plated gold option retails for around $740

while the plated silver goes for about $630