NEC's "KotoHana" LED flower knows how you feel

We were just saying to ourselves the other day, "man, if we just had an LED flower that could sense our emotions... then we'd have it all." Well dreams do come true, because NEC is going to be presenting their KotoHana (the talking flower) at CeBit this year. It's pretty hard to tell what's going on here, but there seems to be a "Sensibility Technology" that recognizes the user's feelings, and then tells the flower over a wireless connection. The system works over the Internet, so even from far away the flower's LEDs can light up to reflect your true feelings to that special someone.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2006 1:02PM]

What color is "horny" I wonder...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2006 1:12PM]

Wouldn't it be awesome if you were doing this with someone and made it turn red and explode?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2006 1:18PM]

Kinda Cool.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2006 1:23PM]

Recent news bemoans the fact Americans are falling behind in science and technology. Well, as long as our competitor nations are sinking their intellectual energies into "talking flowers," I think we'll be OK.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2006 1:45PM]

What color is 'itchy'?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2006 2:07PM]

Is this just the new millenium version of the mood-ring which "sensed" body heat?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2006 2:27PM]

wow

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2006 3:33PM]

how does it work though? do you have to talk to it or is it like those rings? simply a heat sensor? if so, its nothing really new. just in a new shape.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2006 8:27PM]

quite simply.. I want one, and I don't know why.

...Oh, would it work on a dog?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2006 10:06PM]

Mmmmm various glowing flowers...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2006 12:48AM]

I think that thats actualy kinda col, that it works over the internet and all.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2006 2:40PM]

What on earth? We already have enough "Shrinks" in this world and people with problems and depression. Why on earth would we need a flower to tell us we're feeling "down?"

On the other hand, I am curious to see how it works. I'll take it on my dates and see how the girl is REALLY feeling.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2006 6:25AM]

Joy, for instance, would be represented by yellow, while sadness would come across as blue. And when you're excited, you'll see red. Otherwise, the flower will reflect a state of normalcy with the color green.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2006 3:08PM]

So how do you buy the thing? how much it costs? i couldnt find any info on that...