Earphones that magnetically hang from a necklace for the ultimate tech-fashion statement

It’s difficult to plot the exact moment in time when the Airpods went from tech accessories to a fashion statement and status symbol. The ridicule was replaced by mass-acceptance so fast it’s almost impossible to know when or how it happened, but the Airpods successfully managed to become the Apple-user’s fashion statement. Ayush Singh Patel’s OnePlus Bullet truly wireless earphones attempt something similar for the Asian brand.

Rather than be confined in a case, where they hide from view, these conceptual earphones sit around your neck, magnetically attached to a chain, giving the earbuds a more fashion-forward approach in a rather direct sense (almost looking like pendants or dog-tags). Each earphone comes with its own sleeve that covers the silicone tip, preventing it from falling off or worse, getting dirty… and while the earphones don’t charge while they sit on the neck-chain, they do something else. Act as an intersection between tech and ornamentation, making them perhaps the most ultimate tech-fashion statement ever!

Designer: Ayush Singh Patel

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CKIE Product of the week – Bullet Bluetooth 4.1 Earpiece

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I have to admit, putting my love for anything audio aside, earphones are annoying to deal with in your pocket. Their wires get entangled, frayed, and you end up with a broken piece of tech. Bluetooth headsets do away with the wires, but at what cost? They’re not ideally pocketable. Not to mention you need to charge them every once in a while. Now the Bullet, it’s everything that conventional earphones are not. It does away with the wire hassle, it fits beautifully into your pocket despite being a Bluetooth earpiece , and it comes packaged with a svelte metallic charging capsule. Together, the earpiece and charging capsule give the Bullet its gloriously sleek and iconic design.

The Bullet comes loaded with great specs too. It’s powered by Bluetooth 4.1 and can pair with multiple devices simultaneously. It comes with CVC Noise and Echo cancellation (hallelujah), and even sports an inbuilt microphone for when you want to make calls. The charging Capsule that comes with this earpiece is a marvelous piece of innovation too. All you have to do is tuck the earpiece in and you can fully charge it four times over. To replenish the power in the charging capsule, all you need to do is plug a MicroUSB in and top-up its battery.

The Bullet earpiece is beautiful to look at, and small enough to go unnoticed. Loaded with the most cutting edge technology, the Bullet earpiece is perfect for you, whether you want to show off your earpiece, or make it look like you’re not wearing any!

Available at: CKIE [Buy it here]

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Cigarettes are the new bullets

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And tobacco is the new gunpowder. The Tuyvo 7.62 is an ashtray with a social message. Designed like a 7.62 caliber bullet sleeve, the Tuyvo creates connections between the two deadly objects, in a way that encourages you to make the decision to quit smoking. The top of the ashtray even says Smoking Kills in designer Slava Balbek’s native language, Ukrainian.

Designer: Slava Balbek

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