The chip, in turn, wirelessly powered a radio-wave device that was located a meter away and measured energy from the ear.
To reduce the need for power, they designed a device to wake up and run only when it was taking measurements from the ear.
When nearly 30 years ago Dr. Jacob Fraden invented an ear thermometer working on this second principle, the infrared light sensor was so large that he needed a narrow gold-plated reflective tube to channel the light from the ear drum to the sensor.
Of course, a device of that size also poses a number of problems, but Insound appears to have all those sorted out, with it employing a special "spongy material" that allows moisture to escape and prevent infection, and a magnet to actually remove the device from the ear.
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Mr Fairley said the surgery had left Mr Cook with "a significant scar" extending from his ear to the middle of his head.
The girl gets the impression that there is an altercation, during which the earpiece falls from Martin's ear and the connection goes dead, according to Crump.
The newest over-ear model from Scosche features the company's proprietary headphone design that utilizes 40mm drivers made from rare-earth neodymium magnets and precision wound copper voice coiling to create an incredibly accurate musical reproduction.
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Police later recovered part of Mr Taylor's ear from the middle of the station's concourse.
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For children, doctors sometimes fashion a new ear from the stiffer cartilage surrounding ribs, but it's a big operation.
Bright, plucky, light audio dances its way from the large and comfortable ear-cups.
When his mistake emerged, Bob would have had a metaphorical clip round the ear from the gaffer and would be sent out at first light the next day with brush and paint to correct his mistake.
Wilkinson's kick levelled the scores, earning ear-splitting applause from the Toulon support.
There is no substitute for the trained ear and the feeling you get from watching live performances when it comes to determining whether an artist is solid or not.
Other smart touches include the circumaural ear cups that insulate the listener from noisy urban environments, and an optional cable with a smart remote and microphone for taking and receiving calls and controlling the music on Apple devices.
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With a number of academic collaborators, they fashioned an early retinal implant from a cochlear implant for the ear with 16 electrodes, each of which stimulated a small area of the retina.
As sighted drivers do, Mark made active use of his other senses such as sound, listening to the noise the tires generate rolling over the roads, and used the sense of angular and linear acceleration perceived from his inner ear to make judgments and adjustments to the controls of the vehicle.
"He came in to my shop at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday and had a grin from ear to ear, " Cordell Kent, owner of The Mining Exchange Gold Shop, told CNN.
These tend to be large, over-the-ear sets from Bose, Sennheiser, and Sony.
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"Especially with the three goals I scored, " added the Senegal star, grinning from ear to ear.
So don't be surprised if the IRSgets a sympathetic ear from some judges when taxpayers give them a legal opening.
And after beating on each other all game, I see players from opposing teams hugging and whispering in the ear of their adversary, words not intended for TV.
The researchers used several methods to test the nickel content of 66 ear studs and earring backs imported into Finland from Germany, Sweden, Britain and the US - all of which were said to contain amounts of nickel well below the EU limits.
Mr. RAYMOND: (Singing) I saw shorty, she was checkin' up on me, from the game she was spittin' in my ear, you would think she knew me.
Now all of your favorite music can be streamed directly from the Internet to our new headphones and in-ear monitors without wires using Koss STRIVA technology.
Vogts cannot be expected to fashion the proverbial silk purse from a sow's ear, but he has some way to go, tactically, to prove that he is the man to take Scotland forward.
From that bewildering array, he has selected just under 200 items which inspired, amused and intrigued him -- from an earring with part of the wearer's ear still attached, via religious artifacts, to cheap souvenir pin badges.
Dr. Stephen Epstein, attending physician in the emergency department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, said the hospital had received at least 21 patients from the explosions Monday, ranging from people complaining of ear damage to seven needing surgery for life-threatening injuries.
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The court was told that the victim lost the upper part of his left ear and required surgery and stitches to remove the "ragged edges" from the wound.
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This probably helps them to work out from which direction the vibrations are travelling rather as a person might stick a finger first in one ear and then in the other to work out the direction that a sound is coming from.
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