Researchers at Igarashi Design Interfaces Project in Tokyo, Japan have developed smart headphones, called “Universal Earphones“, that “automatically switch channels when placed in the wrong ear.” it also detects if the earphones are shared.

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The Universal earphones detects the sides of the ear by a proximity sensor and measured the distance between the ear and the earphones, if the distance is shorter than 30 mm then it plays the audio as it is correctly placed, however, if the distance is more, it will switch channels.

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Universal Earphones: Earphones with Automatic Side and Shared Use Detection from Kohei Matsumura on Vimeo.