It's difficult to admit, but I'm one of those unfortunate souls whose bodies always tends to be right in between industry-standard sizes: my shirts fall between small and medium, shoe size toes the 9.5-10, and so on. When it comes to headphones, it's the same struggle: earbuds are too big but over-ear headphones are too tight.Designer Itamar Jobani may have the answer to all my music listening woes, however, in the form of OwnPhones, a 3D scanning and printing process that results in headphones customized to fit a individual ear canals. Simply by taking a video of your own ear and sending the data to OwnPhones' headquarters, they'll send you back a one-of-a-kind wireless earbud. Buyers can choose between simple, sporty fits, custom patterns, and even an "elite" designer collection that looks like what the Greek gods might use for their iPhones.
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Below, learn how OwnPhones could be the headphone heralds of a 3D-printed, custom-fit future:
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