Don’t you just hate it when your headphones die right in the middle of your favorite song? Urbanista promises to solve the issue by enslaving tiny photons from the Sun and making them charge your headphones. It’s a really cool idea, actually. People use wireless headphones mostly on the move, which means running around in broad daylight most of the time. The Urbanista Los Angeles headphones model uses a special type of solar cells called Powerfoyle.
Powerfoyle was developed by a Swedish
company named Exeger and is very lightweight and flexible, meaning it can be
used in a wide range of gadgets. According to Wired, an hour spent outside is
enough to charge the headphones for 3 hours of continuous playback.
In theory, if you wear the Urbanista Los
Angeles during the day, and go to sleep like a normal person around 10 p.m.,
you can get infinite playtime from these headphones. Even if we ignore
Urbanista perfect claims, you could probably enjoy a relatively cable-free life
with these.
If you’re curious about specs, the
Urbanista Los Angeles headphones are compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows
systems, and they can also talk to Siri and Google Assistant. There’s active
noise cancellation onboard, controlled via a physical button. The headphones
also pause the playback when you take them off. Urbanista Los Angeles will cost
£ 169 (US$ 200) but there’s no information on availability and also no
official release date at the moment.
