Using Tables as Speakers

James writes "At CeBIT, Olympia has been showing off its Soundbug - a gadget that can turn almost any flat surface into a soundboard. It's only gonna cost £29.99 (around $45, i guess), but it sounds like there's some seriously cool science behind it."

floors?

[astrodawg]

I have hardwood floors in my house. I imagine my neighbor won't be very pleased if it works with my floor.

body parts?

[CrazyBrett]

Woah, can I turn my chest into a speaker?

Imagine walking down the street, blasting music from your belly :)

So it rattles furniture

[Perl-Pusher]

The surfaces of my windows do the same thing when certain idiots drive by.

Play nice

[bachelor3]

The sound quality achieved by Soundbug is impressive, especially when the device is attached to a thick piece of a dense material.

Hey, now I can say something good about my roommate!

Wireless?

[Havokmon]

All they need is a wireless version, and my wife can move the furniture all she wants.

Marketing Plan?

[actor_au]

All that I wonder about this(other than when can I get one) is how long till some genius in a Marketing department somewhere turns an entire building into a non-stop looping jingle? Just think, Times Square (which is already an advertising mecca) but now with J-Lo/ Kylie/ Britney playing in the background 24 hours a Day!

Remember the vogons...

[Natanleod]

Next thing we know is that Vogons will announce us, turning every table into a a speaker, that our planet is to be destroyed to make way for an hyperspace bypass...

RIAA

[Anonymous Coward]

I wonder if now the RIAA will insist that all tables be sold with software to prevent people from using them to play copyrighted materials.

dan.

Re:body parts?

[yatest5]

how flat it your chest?

Must be a geek chick....

Re:Fun for all the family

[marcop]

Or strap it to a desk as its intended purpose, turn up the bass, then convince your SO to have sex on the desk. In the middle of the action turn the unit on and enjoy how your SO exclaims, "you really make the world shake!"

Re:Fun for all the family

[Fucky the troll]

"you really make the world shake. I just wish you'd stop that damned tellytubbies theme tune while you're at it" :)

Sounds like the cone of silence

[dar]

Oh wait. You're probably all too young to remember that.

dar

Re:Marketing Plan?

[Flarg!]

Yay! Kill me now, please!

Prior art

[GMontag]

Even better, IMHO, is the 'conference call' product they alluded to in the article. I think they're referring to the Soundbubble, which will create a 'bubble' within which you can *only* hear the sound source you want (e.g. the phone call). If you're outside the bubble, you won't be able to hear the phone conversation.

I hope they do not intend on getting a patent for "the cone of silence" as pioneered on the American TV show "Get Smart!"

What's next? Attaching these things to GSM shoes?

Re-enacting Hitchhiker's Guide

[devphil]

Or the scene at the beginning of HHGTTG, where the Vogon ships turn every radio and flat surface into a remote-controlled speaker. :-)

Ghetto Cars

[commonchaos]

Umm... just wait untill the kidz with the souped up Hondas get ahold of these....

Now you wont even need a trunk to rattle windows in your governemnt houseing development!

Re:Wireless?

[sharkey]

...my wife can move the furniture all she wants

Your wife moves the furniture? You lucky bastard! My wife makes me move ours.

Lower Your Standards.

[switcha]

Wow, that's a high brow prank. I was thinking more along the lines of putting one under someone's desk and then just transitting desk-rattling farts every so often.

Re:Reverse the technology

[fishebulb]

actually the CIA wouldnt have thought of this. They would have had the NSA think about it for them. THIS kind of thing is the NSA's purpose. and running all of the US spy sattelites

bone induction methods must run in the family

[brer_rabbit]

Another Anderson, Pamela Anderson, is also noted for their work relating to bone induction...

Re:Sounds like the cone of silence

[BCoates]

The drone of violence? I can't hear you, Chief, you'll have to speak up...

--
Ben Coates

Re:Play nice

[darkonc]

And even if he doesn't look good, smell good, or think well, then at least you can make him SOUND good by attaching the bug to his skull! :-)

The hard part would be shaving him clean enough to make the suction cups stick.