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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: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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  3. 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. ;)