Music for athletes: students design clip for earphones

The UClip. Credit: ITV Border

A group of students have invented a new earphone that could benefit athletes, joggers and anyone who enjoys going to their local gym.

Team Gecho, from Caldew School, say the ear clip can hold ordinary earphones in place, even during intense workouts.

Earphones can be clipped in. Credit: ITV Border

The team's design was made a reality by Fab Lab in Cockermouth, who produced two prototypes using a 3D-printer.

Earphones can be clipped in. Credit: ITV Border

Team Gecho is the school's entry to this year's Young Enterprise competition.

And the idea for the design came from the their own experiences: