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Fairbuds XL review: modular headphones designed to go the distance
One of the first things I did when I got my hands on Fairphones new over-ear headphones, the Fairbuds XL, was dismantle them. Not because there was anything wrong with them but because, if theres one thing Fairphone does well, its building products that are not just possible to take apart but actively enjoyable to do so. And Im happy to report that the same is true here. After unclipping plastic tabs, levering open metal fasteners, and unscrewing some good old Phillips-head screws, I was left with a pair of over-ear headphones neatly deconstructed into around a dozen constituent parts. This modular construction isnt just a design flex (though, to…
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REPTX Distance Support Validates Technology to Assist Sailors at Sea, Others in Military
By Pat Maio, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division Public Affairs Ready-to-field virtual remote technologies that could significantly enhance how a land-based subject matter expert (SME) supports a warfighter at sea were validated at a recent Navy-led exercise at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California. Naval Sea Systems Commands Technology Office (NAVSEA 05T) led the Repair Technology Exercise (REPTX) Distance Support, a three-day exercise focused on assessing technologies that can provide better distance support to forward operational units, and involved collaboration during various scenarios between Department of Defense (DOD) stakeholders and industry partners from March 21 to 23 across three locations, mostly at the…
