I recently faced a situation at work where my company banned headphones, which caused quite the stir. However, they don't really enforce the rule too strictly, so I've been thinking about crafting something innovative. My plan is to create a pair of bone conduction earphones that I can hide under my hair, and I want to control them with a remote button that's hidden in my shoe. This way, I can keep my ears free and manage playback discreetly without attracting too much attention. The tricky part is figuring out how to make that wireless button function. Any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated!
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How about using a Bluetooth keyboard with multimedia buttons? Some keyboards have specific buttons for play/pause, next, and volume controls. You could create a small controller using a microcontroller that has Bluetooth HID capability. An ESP32 would work nicely for this, even though it might be overkill. You’d connect it to your phone, and pushing the button would resume or pause the audio without anyone noticing.
You might want to consider using hearing aids as a base idea since they're designed to be discreet and can function similarly. Alternatively, just go for regular bone conduction headphones. People usually won't bat an eye if you say they're for 'magnetic therapy' or something like that, especially if they don’t know what bone conductors are.
That’s a great idea! I've seen some with just a single key, which could really simplify things.