Aivvy Q is a self-learning pair of headphones for the IoT

While there are seemingly countless headphones on the market today, none may be as impressive as the recently-launched pair from Redwood City, California startup Aivvy. The company has unveiled a new product that promises to provide a new music listening experience that is instant, intuitive and most importantly, simple. Billed as the first headphones for the Internet of Things (IoT), Aivvy Q is capable of learning a wearer’s genre preferences based on their actions, location and time of day using what its creators call “Music Cortex” technology.

In other words, Aivvy Q begins to play a user’s favorite tunes as soon as they are thrown over his or her ears. From there, simple gestures are used to interact with the device. Tap the built-in trackpad to bookmark songs, swipe forward to skip a song, or turn the channel ring to switch between channels. What’s more, as soon as a…