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Canon Flower Speaker

Juniper Foo | Jul 19, 2004

Flower power has been given a fresh arrangement with a new technology that allows natural blooms to vibrate and create musical sounds. This seed of an idea took root when telco equipment maker Let's Corp and satellite radio station Music Bird decided to cross-fertilize their efforts, germinating a series of vases and flower pots that use an amplifier and an acrylic resin tube to make flower petals and leaves vibrate and transmit sounds, just like the paper cones of stereo speakers. The only glitch here is the duo's choice of product name--Canon--which could have copyright complications. Whether the Flower Speaker will blossom or fade after the fad dies remains to be seen. Meantime, eager beavers can sniff out the technology if they happen to be in the vicinity when Japan hosts its Hamana Lake Flower Fair (April 8 - October 11) or Aichi World Fair (March 2005).

Price: From ¥5,000 to ¥50,000 (US$45 to US$450)
Availability: Limited sets sold in Japan
Device: Directionless speakers
Basic specs: Vase, oscillation section, acrylic cylinder, internal amplifier version, FM tuner, internal power source

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Microsoft Optical Mouse by Starck

Juniper Foo | Jul 09, 2004

Even the humble mouse is getting a makeover, from pedigreed designer names like Frenchman Philippe Starck, no less. Starck lends his considerable talents to design two streamlined, corded mice for Microsoft--one with an orange strip, one with a blue strip down the middle of a metallic body--with the two mouse button tucked away.

Price: US$29.95
Availability: August
Device: Input device
Basic specs: Optical technology, scroll wheel, two buttons, USB.