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Tammy Rogers

These headphones might never need to be charged — solar-powered headband takes juice from any light source

Philips Go 6000 .

There’s little more annoying than when your headphones die halfway through listening to music. Whether you’re on the bus, in the library doing some work or even just chilling with your favorite tunes, there’s an innate rage we all feel the moment the battery chime tells us to recharge our headset, before your headset powers down in the middle of Bat Out of Hell. But what if…

What if your headphones never had to be charged? That the battery inside could conceivably last forever, without ever needing to see any kind of charging outlet? You’d not have to worry about the battery dying mid-tune, and then the inevitable wait for charging before you could listen to music again.

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