Vice President and Democratic governmental prospect Kamala Harris speaks throughout the veryfirst … [+] governmental dispute at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA on Tuesday, Sept. 10,2024 (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post bymeansof Getty Images)
The newest 2024 election conspiracy took hold on social media following Wednesday night’s governmental dispute inbetween previous President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris—as some on social media declared the latter was using an earpiece that permitted the responses to tough concerns to be provided to her.
Some users even discovered a passing resemblance to the Nova H1 Audio Earrings, which were produced by German-based start-up NOVA Products and presented at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show.
“The declares that Harris used a set of Nova H1 Audio earphones camouflaged as pearl earrings throughout her telecasted argument with previous President Donald Trump rapidly spread throughout social media following the set’s closing declarations,” stated Susan Schreiner, editor and innovation expert at C4 Trends.
Other users on social media have keptinmind the resemblance to the Double Pearl Hinged Earrings offered by Tiffany & Co. Harris hasactually been identified sporting the exactsame design of earrings in at least one project video that has run on nationwide TELEVISION.
According to Newsweek, the NOVA Products earpieces were released in a Kickstarter project in May 2023 however have neverever been launched.
“This is mostlikely a substantial reach this 2021 Kickstarter item had minimal sales, they were onceagain showcased at the 2023 CES however the item doesn’t appear to haveactually been effective,” stated innovation market expert Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group.
“Only 323 individuals backed this job atfirst and the image on the Kickstarter page looks various to what she used,” Enderle included. “To my eye—and obviously The Verge has verified this—what she is using is not this item, the installing is extremely various.”
It is likewise uncertain that an earring earpiece would provide satisfying results, Enderle included, keepinginmind he hasactually evaluated comparable items.
“Generally the individual next to you or a microphone would choice up the sound, just bone-conducting headsets work fairly quietly this far from the ear canal and this doesn’t usage that innovation,” he stressed. “The earrings she was using appearance like pearl earrings with a genuine gold install that is too little to hide the tech utilized, even if it hadactually been customized developed for her, which is notlikely. Earbuds that are planned to be secret are constantly in the ear and really little so you wear’t see them at all and so they wear’t bleed sound, this would be the incorrect innovation for this usage case.”
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Another Case of Disinformation
Harris is simply the newest prospect to be implicated of using an earpiece. An unverified report started following a 2004 dispute inbetween then-President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry that Bush was using a concealed transmitter. The story got enough traction that it was commonly covered by the mainstream media—and exposed.
“This conspiracy theory is likewise comparable to the declares made by Trump fo