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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. Something... just something... by Silverlancer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Something... just something... tells me that this isn't going to catch on. The fact that its both Japanese and relatively useless is a hint.

  2. Wow, no katakana by kahei · · Score: 5, Insightful



    I am absolutely amazed that they named it in honest-to-god pseudo-Chinese rather than calling it 'furauaa saundo' or something.

    Next, they'll start naming things in actual Japanese. Oh, wait, that would require attention to aesthetics and meaning rather than to sounding cool and vague.

    Bring back Heian period Japanese, say I.

    PS I am not a crank.

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