The $160 gadget that desires you to do one thing it’s possible you’ll by no means have thought-about

The 0 gadget that desires you to do one thing it’s possible you’ll by no means have thought-about
The 0 gadget that desires you to do one thing it’s possible you’ll by no means have thought-about

It is a factor. Apparently.

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You by no means actually know different folks. You could suppose you do however, someday, they’re going to say or do one thing that so surprises you, and you may reimagine your total view of them.

Typically, know-how drives them towards these stunning prospects. As my instance, I current one thing I merely by no means knew that individuals did: Take heed to a podcast whereas swimming.

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Does that appear unusual to you? I all the time considered swimming as an elemental pursuit. There’s you in only a few garments, the water with only a few ripples and a way of peaceable exertion, coupled with unusual effervescent noises in your ears.

This does not appear to be the case for everybody. 

An organization referred to as H2O Audio insists it is not. It wrote to me insisting it is not. “We now have formally launched the H2O Audio Professional Collection with the brand new Playlist+ know-how,” its enthusiastic press spokesperson informed me in an e mail.

Playlist+? What may this imply?

Properly, it is a “groundbreaking know-how that hundreds and shops content material from any widespread streaming app into the reminiscence of headphones for offline playback later throughout a swim, run, or exercise.”

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The corporate muses that that is discovered “nowhere else on the planet.” Whereas I muse about what kind of issues I might prefer to take heed to whereas swimming.

Please do not inform me “motivational speeches” or “meditational moods.” Please, as an alternative, inform me “information of governments drowning in sleaze and terrible politicians sinking with out hint.”

“How deep does this go?” I hear you mumble by the bubbles.

H2O insists that its Professional Collection has an IPX8 ranking. This lets you go 12 toes underneath and nonetheless hear safely to gardening ideas from consultants.

And goodness, you possibly can load your favourite sounds and podcasts when you sleep and your headphones are charging.

So there, is that this one thing you’ve got ever thought-about? Is that this one thing that’ll make your morning swim extra edifying? May this enhance your efficiency? We’re all seeking to enhance our efficiency, aren’t we?

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I am unable to inform you whether or not this can be a sensory expertise that’ll improve your life. I am unable to even inform you whether or not it is well worth the $160 for the privilege of having fun with it.

Nonetheless, H2O Audio CEO and founder Kristian Rauhala insists: “That is one thing our clients have been requesting for years.”

I’m wondering if he may document that sentence on a streaming app in order that clients can obtain it and take heed to it on a loop whereas they swim.