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Future hearing aids and other devices.

goldfish.jpgHuman Beans is a collaboration between advertising creative and designer Mickael Charbonnel and design strategist Chris Vanstone. I came across their work at the HearWear exhibition at the V&A, which is concerned with new and exciting ways to enhance human hearing. The show also includes future devices from designers such as Ross Lovegrove, Priestman Goode, Industrial Facility and IDEO. One of the most compelling products was the Human Beans’ Goldfish, a device which augments our existing hearing ability with short term audio memory. In brief, if you don’t hear something right - it repeats it for you on request.

They have myriad imagined products to view on their website. The Hearwear exhibition is on at the V&A until 5th
March 2006. Goldfish box featured by kind permission of Human Beans.

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