By Daniel Schwartz for Fathom If you think you need superpowers to understand a new foreign language, reduce background noise in a boisterous bar, or block out a crying baby on a redeye, then you've never heard of InspEar Active Earbuds. The revolutionary new bionic earphones, powered by technology developed for industrial workers and soldiers in combat, take high-quality noise-canceling headphones to a new level. They will translate foreign languages in real time, carry out voice commands like Siri and Alexa, and, believe it or not, augment natural hearing by minimizing all external noise or selectively decreasing unwanted sounds to enhance those that matter. We just have to wait until they're available at the end of the year. According to a representative from French startup InspEar, the buds will be wired to a pocket-friendly server that runs on artificial intelligence, with a battery life of about eight hours. The cord is worn down the back (you can pretend you're Beyonce or Jay-Z), will not have an exterior microphone (the device picks up voices through the inner ear), and will plug into any smart device.