The Future of Technology Is In Your Ear -- Backchannel

We both have Sony MiniDisc players (an extremely short-lived era), and Jon wants to share a song. He's picking at the headphone cables, trying to untangle the mess and keep his MiniDisc from dropping below. By the time we reach the summit, his headphones have knotted into a ball of frozen wires. Our headphones tangled with lint from our linty pockets. Yet as a product, the headphone could be the sleeper technology of the future.