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Turn Your House Plants Into Speakers

Posted by timothy on from the audrey-already-sings dept.

thermopile writes "According to this story, your everyday houseplants could be turned into room-filling speakers. Called Ka-on ('Flower Sound' in Japanese), the machine consists of a donut-shaped magnet and coil at the base of a vase that hooks up to a CD player, stereo or TV. Prices range from $46 to $460. I don't know about you, but I'd hate getting fragged by that plant over there while playing Doom 3..."

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  1. Trippin by threeofnine · · Score: 5, Funny
    Now when I am tripped out on LSD, I can say that the plant really did say something. :-)

    Three of Nine

  2. Re:Sound quality ? by Orgazmus · · Score: 4, Funny

    How would those work as a headset?

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  3. Well I guess it's a step up from... by webgit · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... those really annoying plants that dance with the music!

  4. Hook it up to a tube amp by BrainInAJar · · Score: 4, Funny

    for more accurate sound. Ipod -> FM transmitter -> Tube radio -> Flower...

  5. Eeeehm ... by YeeHaW_Jelte · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The plant is happy listening to music," says Gotoh, showing off a rubber plant hooked up to Ka-on in his Tokyo office. "Gerberas and sunflowers work especially well as speakers."

    I'm not sure I'll take horticultural advice from someone who has a _rubber_ plant on his desk ...

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  6. Re:Some pictures of singing plants by KennethSundby · · Score: 3, Funny

    "This is pretty cool, especially for some geeks that are high on gardening."

    I'm sure they'll sell millions, as most geeks can keep a plant alive[/sarcasm]

    I think this would be more of a boost to the gardening industry than anything else, buying myself a new plant every week so I can listen to my music :P

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  7. Re:sounds cool by Romci · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now, well...if a tree makes a sound, and there's no one around to hear it - can it still fry your amplifier?

  8. Re:Way to go, Slasdot editors! by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is one good thing to dupe stories:

    You can always increase your karma by re-posting all the comments modded +5

    ...

    Oh, wait, do you mean comments from the original stories? ;-)

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  9. Woah! What next? by jigyasubalak · · Score: 3, Funny

    Turn cockroaches into USB Flash memories?

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  10. Brings a whole new meaning to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    my speakers just died.

    And the way my plants hold up, i'd have to buy new
    speakers every two weeks. ;)

  11. Dude! by YouHaveSnail · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just got this new geranium and you've gotta hear it? Sweet treble, clear midtones, and WICKED bass!

  12. Alpha Source by centauri · · Score: 3, Funny

    Speakers, bah! I'm looking for a way to turn plants - say, all the trees in my garden - into microphones, so I can eavesdrop (leavesdrop?) on people who might be plotting against me. Anyone who knows how to do this should email dsidious@imperialpalace.coruscant.gov.

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