A Wearable Ear Computer

Controlled by facial expressions, this new "wearable ear PC" can perform a range of functions such as opening apps and monitoring users' health. With a built-in GPS, compass, gyro-sensor, speaker and microphone, the device weighs just 17g. Its creator, Japanese engineer Kazuhiro Taniguchiset, says the device will be launched in 2016.

 

Moving the wearable computing paradigm from the eyes to the ears — an unobtrusive position that would make it difficult for most to know whether or not you're even computing – immediately makes the Ear Switch a far more viable mainstream solution than something like Glass.