Each report says the plants can transmit sounds, but all are vague enough to make me hypothesize the sounds are muffled and probably unintelligible.
If the plant speaker could reproduce the sound accurately, however, there would be some interesting applications. I would couple the speaker w/video recognition - then I could have the plants "yell" at unwanted visitors at my house.
This is making plants speakers (not amplifiers)
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agurk
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· Score: 3, Informative
This is clearly stated in the last link:
"The system, comprising an amplifier, vase and an acrylic resin cylinder, makes flowers' petals and leaves vibrate and transmit sounds, just as the paper cones of stereo speakers vibrate, the two said."
So the system has an amplifier and the plant has the role of loudspeaker. I was hoping for a powersaving alternative to my amplifier, but I better stick to it a little longer.
I can understand ultra-sonic sounds being converted to audiable ones under certain sinarios, but I can't see where petals and leaves get the power from to aplify audio waves, thus I'm highly sceptical that the device is anything more than previous speakers which use any medium to which there attached as a cone.
What artists to the plants enjoy?
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Apocalypse111
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· Score: 3, Funny
Palm trees: Jimmy Buffet
Cannibus: Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd
Vegetables: Boy-bands and Brittney Spears
Grains, Barley, Hops, & Tobacco: Frank Sinatra
Squashes: Smashing Pumpkins
Eggplants: MC Hawking
Genetically modified crops: "Weird" Al
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So if I hook up my Casio keyboard to a pot plant, does this mean I will end up with an awesome photosynthesizer ?
I also have a great 'geranium diode' joke, but I'll save that for when the current thread needs rectifying.
> 1. What kind of music should go with which kind of plant?
The possibilities are endless!
Imagine playing Ryuichi Sakamoto through your Bonsai tree. Or better yet, play Operation Ivy through your ivy! Oh, and play Kiss through your tulips! Randy Rhodes through your rhododendron! SheDaisy through your dasies! Petula Clark through the petunias! Biggie through the begonias! Yellow Magic Orchestra through your yellow orchids! Blue Man Group through your bluebells!
Oh, and through your amorphophallus titanum?
Cannibal Corpse.
okay, I'll stop now.
A Philosophical Question...
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sarcastro73
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If a tree plays Elvis in the forest and there's no one to hear it, is he still alive?
Re:Our Perennial Overlords...
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Commander+Trollco
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· Score: 3, Funny
No. Your RIAA/Napster/Burpee licence only allows these music files to be played on certain select annuals. The plant DRM prevents transfer to other species.
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They could of saved some time and ordered the sound bug.
It had to be said.
Although I am dubious about the long term effects of Billy Idol (or KISS for that matter) on my potted pansies. (Potted....nevermind...)
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Each report says the plants can transmit sounds, but all are vague enough to make me hypothesize the sounds are muffled and probably unintelligible.
If the plant speaker could reproduce the sound accurately, however, there would be some interesting applications. I would couple the speaker w/video recognition - then I could have the plants "yell" at unwanted visitors at my house.
This is clearly stated in the last link:
"The system, comprising an amplifier, vase and an acrylic resin cylinder, makes flowers' petals and leaves vibrate and transmit sounds, just as the paper cones of stereo speakers vibrate, the two said."
So the system has an amplifier and the plant has the role of loudspeaker. I was hoping for a powersaving alternative to my amplifier, but I better stick to it a little longer.
A falling plant was reported making a sound remarkably similar to the english sentence: "Oh no, not again."
Wenn ist das Nunstueck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput.
This has some amazing potential for pratical jokes. Imagine going through a greenhouse and hearing a rattlsnake piped through a Plantplifier.
Oh yes... Halloween will be fun!
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I can understand ultra-sonic sounds being converted to audiable ones under certain sinarios, but I can't see where petals and leaves get the power from to aplify audio waves, thus I'm highly sceptical that the device is anything more than previous speakers which use any medium to which there attached as a cone.
Palm trees: Jimmy Buffet
Cannibus: Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd
Vegetables: Boy-bands and Brittney Spears
Grains, Barley, Hops, & Tobacco: Frank Sinatra
Squashes: Smashing Pumpkins
Eggplants: MC Hawking
Genetically modified crops: "Weird" Al
There is no mod option "-1: Disagree" for a reason. "Overrated" is not an acceptable substitute. Post something instead.
So if I hook up my Casio keyboard to a pot plant, does this mean I will end up with an awesome photosynthesizer ? I also have a great 'geranium diode' joke, but I'll save that for when the current thread needs rectifying.
'The inventor of the gadget, Keiji Koga, said: "We are finally able to experience plants and flowers with all five of our natural senses."'
I'm guessing this guy's never slept in a tall pine forest. The sounds are amazing.
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then couldn't they also be used as microphones? The sound would just travel in the opposite direction.
> 1. What kind of music should go with which kind of plant?
The possibilities are endless!
Imagine playing Ryuichi Sakamoto through your Bonsai tree. Or better yet, play Operation Ivy through your ivy! Oh, and play Kiss through your tulips! Randy Rhodes through your rhododendron! SheDaisy through your dasies! Petula Clark through the petunias! Biggie through the begonias! Yellow Magic Orchestra through your yellow orchids! Blue Man Group through your bluebells!
Oh, and through your amorphophallus titanum?
Cannibal Corpse.
okay, I'll stop now.
If a tree plays Elvis in the forest and there's no one to hear it, is he still alive?
So, if a tree in a forest is attached to one of these, and there is no one around to here it, does it make a sound?
I guess what should really be asked is, who would bother to buy one for a tree and then not listen to it? Trees get lonely too.
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#include "frickin_lasers.h"
No. Your RIAA/Napster/Burpee licence only allows these music files to be played on certain select annuals. The plant DRM prevents transfer to other species.
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Warning: Don't plug these into a cactus, such as this, or you may find yourself in a world of hurt, especially at the every low frequencies.