Kickstarter: Flow by EarTop Will Make Wired Headphones Wireless

Wireless gadgetry hasn't outright started to take over the IT world, but it is steadily and surely moving towards that eventuality, and the Flow adapter from EarTop is just the latest piece of proof.

Flow is one of the newest projects to be hosted by the Kickstarter website, the proving ground of such things as the Pebble smartwatch, SmartKey TV, the Equiso Smart TV on a stick and, of course, Stompy.

That means that people interested in it can show their support by making financial pledges.

The short version of the story is that Flow will turn wired headphones into wireless ones if installed on such a headset.

The longer version is that Flow is a nice idea but one whose implementation and adoption may be a bit troublesome due to the way IT players build their audio products.

Flow needs to be plugged into the jack on the earpiece of a headset. Unfortunately, most headsets do not have such plugs for the cables (the wires connect straight to the drivers). In fact, the only two models listed as compatible with the Flow are the Beats Solo and Bose Quiet Comfort.

That said, Flow is a pair of devices: one is the actual Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR transmitter (30 feet / 10 meter range), and the other is a dock, of sorts, which plugs into the headphone jack.

Capacitive touchscreens provide control over power, volume and track playback, while a battery can keep the connection on for up to 12 hours on a single charge. Finally, two noise-canceling microphones are part of the spec list as well.

“We had considered the current high-end wireless headphones that were on the market. However, there was a loss of sound quality, low battery life, and expensive prices associated with these headphones,” the folks at EarTop Technologies say.

“Therefore, with the entrepreneurial mindset we had, we decided to make a solution to this problem ourselves. The idea evolved into an accessory we could use with our current headphones that could turn them wireless; rather than going out and spending obscene amounts of money on wireless headphones with lower quality.”