Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> RedPost/Kit
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> | Linux-based, do-it-yourself home picture frame. Fully hackable.
> | Tinkerers, adventurers, and great photographers welcome.
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> http://www.theredpost.com/kit/
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> It's Your Plant Again. Pick Up The Phone!
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> | As promised, here's a Q&A with the co-founder of Botanicalls, a
> | not-yet-ready-for-primtime product that enables houseplants to call
> | you on the phone when they need attention.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | The webpage is Asterisk, an open-source phone system, which launches
> | a call based on the info it receives from the plant, in a voice
> | that's been pre-recorded.
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It would be quite a surprise when you overheard my plants speaking in
their own native accents! The pineapples have a mixture of Hawaiian,
Portugese, Tagalog, and Asian tongues.
Perhaps I will forgo the pre-recorded voice just for the effect in the
conference room speaker phones.
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> http://www.npr.org/blogs/talkingplants/2007/07/its_your_plant_again_pick_up_t_1.html
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