Wear -- A wearable personal assistive hearing device
A project in Brooklyn, NY by Eric Rosenthal, Michelle Temple000days
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Wear is an affordable, attractive, lightweight wearable assistive directional microphone designed to improve quality of hearing.
Backers: 384
Average Pledge Per Backer: $105
Funded: $40,168 of $30,000
Dates: Dec 13th -> Jan 12th (30 days)
Project By: Eric Rosenthal, Michelle Temple
Backers: 384
Average Pledge Per Backer: $105
Funded: $40,168 of $30,000
Dates: Dec 13th -> Jan 12th (30 days)
Project By: Eric Rosenthal, Michelle Temple
$40,168
current pledge level
Last Updated: January 12 @ 12:31 -0500 GMT
133%
of goal
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Latest News
Wear technology brief 
January 11th - via: kickstarter.com
The Wear microphone is unique in that it incorporates 10 microphones working together to capture sound as a directional microphone. It uses analog technology to keep the high fidelity quality of the sound intact. It uses a rechargeable battery... (Read More)
Last hours
January 11th - via: kickstarter.com
We are hours away from the end of the kickstarter. This is your last chance to be an early adopter. Spread the word to anyone with hearing loss that Wear may be able to improve their hearing in noisy environments at low cost. Our testers report... (Read More)
48 hours
January 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all of our supporters! We have 48 hours left to go! We appreciate you spreading the word while we still have time. Surface Mount components from our lab! (Read More)
education/professional collaboration
January 8th - via: kickstarter.com
I wanted to take a little time to say thank you to the ITP community for being such a supportive force in our efforts. Red Burns told us she wanted to be the first to buy our device, as she was a user tester for us -- so it's extra special to us to... (Read More)
We made it!
January 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you very much for helping us make our goal! We've been blown away by your support. Please keep in touch, we loved the feedback we received. Stay tuned for more updates. Many many many thanks! Michelle and Eric (Read More)
We're so close!
January 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to all of our supporters! We've met some very interesting people during this Kickstarter journey. We're incredibly grateful to make it this far. Please share our page and help if you can .... we're almost to the finish line! This is a... (Read More)
audio demonstration
January 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! We've uploaded a video to our site, so as to better demonstrate the directionality of the microphone. We hope you enjoy it and thank you for your support and spreading the word. Many thanks, Michelle and Eric You'll need an HTML5 capable... (Read More)
Thank you!!
January 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We really feel your support, thank you! Yesterday's numbers jumped up, and we're still hopeful we'll make our goal. Just seeing the number of people reposting our Kickstarter site is appreciated, we know everyone is so busy. We have run out of early... (Read More)
Help us reach our goal!
January 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Happy New Year! We only have 9 days left! We are writing you because in one way or another you have expressed interest in our work. If you have already supported our project we sincerely thank you for your support. We know we cannot do this... (Read More)
Thanks for your support!
December 30th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
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