The blogging houseplant
Meet midori-san, the first blogging houseplant! Through sensors connected to the leaves of this Sweetheart Hoya reads bioelectric currents through the plant, this gives information about the lighting coondition, temperature, humidity etc. An algorithm created by the Keio University Hiroya Tanaka Laboratory translates this data into japanese sentences. In this way the plant gives information about the weather and his personal condition. Blog-readers can also activate a lamp to give the midori-san a threat, which is often immediately replied by a thank you from the plant. The days that internet was the domain of humans only are over.
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November 25th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Hello I like your post “The blogging houseplant” so well that I like to ask you whether I should translate and linking back. Please give me an answer. Your Preiserh