There's some entertaining stuff coming out of that ITP program in New York (http://itp.nyu.edu/show/winter2006/results.php). I touched on it briefly at the IT360 talk Claude and I did.
I saw botanicalls at E-Tel in February, along with these other interesting ones, which I believe were the show winners: - http://megaphone3000.com - http://www.thanksforyourpatience.com I've talked to them about coming up here to give a talk -- but they're all students, so the chances are pretty slim unless we're doing something large, or sponsor the trip. On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Dave Donovan wrote: > On 7/31/07, Steve Lecomte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Botanicalls, a VoIP-based service that enables plants to phone their > > human partners as needed and describe their tending needs in detail. > > > > http://www.botanicalls.com/ > > The call is placed to the plant's caregiver by Asterisk, > > which plays an audio file in the "voice" of the plant expressing its > > need. > > > Think of the opportunities for celebrity endorsement. You can get Paris > Hilton, or Pearce Brosnan (Simpsons fans?) to lend their voice to your > plant. Think of what people pay for ringtones, how much would they pay to > have their various appliances and other things call them in a celebrity > voice. > > It's like those tamogachi things. > > > Before you know it Simon will have the plants playing Zork! > > > LOL, that's hysterical. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
