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Today I came across a very interesting product at the Venture Fair 2006 in Tokyo. It is called the “Flower Speaker” produced by Lets-Co Corporation. Using this device it is possible to turn real flowers and plants into speaker systems for audio players. The company offers different versions. One even includes a FM radio tuner so the flowers can “pick up the waves”. The basic system sells for 5,000 Yen. Actually the sound quality of the tested flower arrangement was not too bad.

Takara released a mobile brain trainer console called the “nousapiens” (brain-sapiens) last month that sells for 26,000 Yen.

The device should serve as a memory trainer and cartridges with new training programs can be bought for 6,200 Yen each. Takara promises that a person can increase his memorizing speed by 4.5 times through the little gadget. The device features a 32BIT CPU RiscOS processor running at 20Mhz and has a 240×160 dot display.

In the last 6 month brain games had been booming in Japan. There are several titles available for game consoles and handheld consoles. (PSP, DS, GBA)

When will a mobile phone come out that features a brain activity measure unit and some brain trainer games? Or even some brain tamer applicatiosn to overcome stress?