Councillor Alan Kerr explains his idea to maker Alistair MacDonald.
Henry listens to his own voice fed back into the headphones
The Self Hearing Earphones
Self Hearing Earphones
Invention by Local government Councillor Alan Kerr, age “Elderly”, made real by Alistair MacDonald.
“For politicians who like the sound of their own voice” Councillor Alan Kerr
Alan met with the maker Alistair who asked Alan further questions about his design and how it worked. Alistair then went away and created a working system to listen to your own voice as you speak.
“We all think politicians love the sound of their own voice, and as this was invented by a local politician this is clearly true.
The original intention was to have pipes taking the sound from the wearer’s mouth to their ears, but as it was realised that we could use electronics and computers the ideas flowed and a more advanced and fun invention emerged.
The desire was to be able to change the colour of the headphones to the appropriate political colours so I used the vinyl cutter to create coloured stickers for the side. Different political parties can apply the appropriate stickers.
The headphones themselves are a consumer USB pair that are plugged into a Raspberry Pi computer where the magic happens. Just press the “Mode” button to change what effect is applied to your voice.“ Alistair MacDonald