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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. -1 redundant by denlin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    go ahead & moderate me -1 redundant, the article posts have been lately.

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  2. dupe by SadPenguin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    this is a dupe article.

    Teh original post is here

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