Thread: Touch me right there. A little lower... lower... ahhh.

Originally Posted by saszeus

AE, you're right, I just don't see any application except for the security one but even that one would be a miracle to pull off because of the amount of sensors you would have to put out in the yard as well as all the wires going all over the place for those sensors. This seems like such a novelty fad that will wear off just like a beanie baby did and playing music by touching your plants seems like in time you're going to probably damage or kill that plant from playing or when you lose all interest in it.
Though, looking at the video you don't even need a real plant or even a plant at all but again, I just can't see a use for this type of technology and as you stated maybe it's just me that can't see it.
I am curious what you think good/interesting/useful/profitable applications this could be used for.... Enlighten me AE..

You couldn't use it for security. For starters most people have critters going thru their yards when they dont even know about it. Then you have the wind activating it. Then you would have to keep everything pruned so other plants dont activating it. The only thing this is good for is disney hotels and people who would think they one uped their neighbor by having it.

lol

one uppers.

Originally Posted by SmokenScion

Like muscle cars, no use other than to one up your neighbor, and Disney movies, oh a guzzle gas, create a dangerous atmosphere that driving faster is not just acceptable but condoned!

I guess one could have that perspective but it isn't mine. lol

Originally Posted by saszeus

AE, you're right, I just don't see any application except for the security one but even that one would be a miracle to pull off because of the amount of sensors you would have to put out in the yard as well as all the wires going all over the place for those sensors. This seems like such a novelty fad that will wear off just like a beanie baby did and playing music by touching your plants seems like in time you're going to probably damage or kill that plant from playing or when you lose all interest in it.
Though, looking at the video you don't even need a real plant or even a plant at all but again, I just can't see a use for this type of technology and as you stated maybe it's just me that can't see it.
I am curious what you think good/interesting/useful/profitable applications this could be used for.... Enlighten me AE..

Could be used for therapy. Some people need a little extra comfort in this world to get past/over a problem. If something like this provides a peaceful or pleasant experience, then that might be useful. I knew a guy whose doctor gave him a ball to squeeze when he got agitated. He has a list of shit he broke by flinging it at stuff in his house. This might work better.

[or not. he might have a plant-shaped dent in his wall rather than a round dent]

Could be used for direct sensing. Jam a sensor in the ground at 10 different locations in your fields. The readings (and changes in those readings over time) might help farmers more closely identify which crops are under stress. That'd let them target the application of fertilizer, pesticide/herbicide, and water to the places that needed it.

How cool would that be? Walk through the field, stick your sensor in the dirt, touch a corn plant on the silk, on a leaf, in the middle of the shaft, near the ground... and listen to the synthesized sounds. Or blinky coloured lights. Or boring text on a display. Some really great work has been done on ambient devices. MIT has a project page on it somewhere.

Could help you get laid. Show this to your intended. Let her play with your plant while you go get the wine. Then you both touch the plant for a while, making your own ambient jam. That sounds profitable to me.

Cheers,


AetheLove

I think the last one would be the most feasible application for this gadget.

Could be used by tree surgeons.

Jam sensor in ground. Touch branches to hear which ones are healthy and which ones are or will soon be dead. Cut the bad ones out and leave the healthy stuff.


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Originally Posted by saszeus

OK!! I can't take it anymore, You Win.... I am going with you are just like the rest of us now and really don't know what the fuck it would ever get used for other than a novelty item that might get sold at a Spencers gift store.... That my friend is money in the bank but I will give you credit for holding out the longest in believing in this goof ball idea....
And you can quote me on this,,, good night now!!!! bwahahaha.

Oh.

I thought you were asking for speculation. I speculated.

This isn't my device, I just thought it was an interesting step. The crops thing was a riff on something a friend of mine does: gathers near-real-time satellite data and sells the remotely-sensed data to farmers - so they can tell where they need more water, or more fertilizer, or less X. He says they can do a pretty good job, but they could do it better if they had better data from on the ground.

Anyway, I don't "believe" in the idea. Why does it have to be "for" anything?

Cheers,


AetheLove