Using Headphones During Exercise Helps Athletes Stay Focused

A new study, conducted by a market research institute on behalf of Sennheiser, found that more than half of athletes who engage in sports at least once or twice a month say their headphones help them stay focused, creating a personal space. 27 percent say they do so to block outside noise.

Never worry about tangled up earbud wires again, says NXP Semiconductors at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (March 2-5). The Dutch semiconductor giant is demonstrating Near Field Magnetic Induction (NFMI) technology in a truly wireless earbud including wireless audio streaming from ear to ear, using its new NxH2280 NFMI based radio transceiver.

Intel and SMS Audio are working together on a new generation of “Fitness Wearables Biometric Headphones” intending to optimize workouts. The audio headphone and accessories brand created by rapper and entrepreneur “50 Cent” will be the first in the market with integrated biometric sensing in-ear headphones.