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“Helmet mask” for audio, video calls out of curious’s reach
While making phone calls in public places, we all try to keep out the ears of the curious, who are trying to catch up on our conversation during the call.
Each of us has our own way of trying to protect the privacy of our calls, such as putting our hand in front of our mouth, or leaving the office to an isolated place if the workplace is an open space, or using the car as an isolated room.
But it seems that the solution to this problem may have been found by the French startup Skyted. After two years of research, researchers from the startup Skyted have developed a “mask helmet” capable of containing its user’s voice to make unheard audio and video calls to keep the call confidential.
Stéphane Hersen, CEO of start-up Skyted, tells Monte Carlo that “a billion calls are made every day in the world, and voice is the only element that is not secure today.”
The start-up targets those who work outside their offices such as roving employees as well as senior civil servants and diplomats, “who travel and work all over the world.”
According to Stéphane Hersen, who did a study before launching his design, 30 percent of the world’s population is of this type of caller, including 92 million people in the United States.
The startup also aspires to establish partnerships with airlines that offer wireless connectivity on their passenger flights.
The silent mask helmet innovation will be officially presented at CES in Las Vegas early next year 2023.
The Skyted startup is also gearing up for a fundraising campaign to raise investments to develop its R&D department and increase its workforce from 3 to 20 employees within a year.
