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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. Sound quality ? by leonmergen · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hmmmm, I wonder what the sound quality is... I recently bought this device, but the sound quality is really poor... nice idea though!

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  2. Way to go, Slasdot editors! by shaka · · Score: 4, Informative

    Déjà vu?

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  3. Some pictures of singing plants by nayigeta · · Score: 5, Informative
    BBC report cover the same story with some pictures.

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

    Would like to try this myself.

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  4. Very nice - but havent we seen this before? by syrinje · · Score: 4, Informative
    Looks like some article-posting-karma-whoring is in progress....and the ed fell for it. We all saw this story on slashdot before.

    I quote from the original -

    Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday July 21, @02:44PM from the listening-to-foghat-on-your-ficas dept. Kerhop writes "People who like talking to their plants can now enjoy a musical accompaniment, thanks to a Japanese invention that turns petals and leaves into amplifiers. Several others are also reporting details of how it works."

    On second thoughts - this plant as speaker idea is not so hot either....

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  5. More pictures by Ranx · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here you can see some pictures:

    http://www.lets-direct.jp/fsp/fsp3.htm (Mostly pictures of flowers in a vase).

    I wonder if the last vase is really seven times more expensive than the first one.

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  6. Re:Eeeehm ... by mairas · · Score: 5, Informative

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

    Uh, rubber plants (Ficus elastica) are common household plants, and while they might not be the most difficult plants to keep alive, they still are real, living entities, instead of being made of rubber, as you seem to suggest. I'm not sure I'd listen to critique of one's horticultural knowledge from someone who doesn't even know the rubber plant...