Kota Nezu's Jellyfish Sonic water speakers

So, what exactly do you do with Kota Nezu's Jellyfish Sonic, an audio system suspended on bug-like legs that resembles something out of a bad late-era sci-fi flick (we're not naming which), which happens to have a water reservoir and light projector in its belly? Well, apparently you plug your music source in and watch the crazy light patterns ripple on the floor beneath, hypnotized as it springs to life and disembowels you. That's what.

[Via Yanko Design]

[brink @ May 2nd 2006 10:49AM]

so the Matrix was a bad movie? hmm...

[push2flush @ May 2nd 2006 11:01AM]

i think hes talkin about minority report, i didnt think that movie was bad...

[dave @ May 2nd 2006 11:02AM]

I think they mean 'Runaway' although I think that was late 80's (surely! For the love of god!!!!)

[BoZs13 @ May 2nd 2006 11:06AM]

or maybe, it's just War of the Worlds...

[Chapu @ May 2nd 2006 11:17AM]

Maybe they're talking about Mars Attacks, but that wouldn't make sense. That movie was very close to perfect.

[Gigi @ May 2nd 2006 11:21AM]

I think it was pride and prejudice. That film had 5 simmilar mean fem-rob-monstor-bot action that had the ups and downs in a battle to the end.
watch it.. reccomended.

[Infoclipper @ May 2nd 2006 11:22AM]

Or were they talking about the Wild, Wild West?

[Oddmanout @ May 2nd 2006 11:27AM]

" so the Matrix was a bad movie? hmm... "
" i think hes talkin about minority report, i didnt think that movie was bad..."

Well either way someone's confused (actually since we're debating this I guess we're all at least a little confused).

The basic looks do evoke the body of the 'Gut Buster' tracking bug from the Matrix. But this thing REALLY resembles the little search bots from Minority Report. But MR debued in 2002, which is pretty dang late in the 90's if you ask me...

But as the original post alluded to (or at least I'm going to infer such) BOTH of those movies spawned various ripoffs. So similar devices probably appear in a bunch of flicks from '99 on up to now that we may have never even seen or heard of...

Anyway, if this thing ia a new take on the lava lamp, or disco strobi-ball I think the concept is slightly flawed. Projecting lights onto the floor will require light colored carpet to be visible, which many people eschew because it gets dirty quick (particularly for people who would want something trippy like this since they are probably nigh constantly spilling things during clumsy drug induced "munchies").

Not to mention that most people put speakers in corners and other out of the way places where they aren't that visible.

But, if you aimed the light UP (as most ceilings are white), or add a fog machine and suspend a reflecting dish in the leg space, I could see this going well with a little 'Dark Side of the Moon' or 'Pulse' after a hard work week...

(then again, as stated, many of the target demographic will provide their own smoke, so the fog machine might be redundant...)

[JT @ May 2nd 2006 11:28AM]

defienatly Runaway, they shot acid and tried to kill tom sellick.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088024/

[JCA @ May 2nd 2006 11:35AM]

I absolutely loved how none of the first 9 posts had anything to do with the product in question and everything to do with which movie it is. Incidentally it has to be Matrix :)


As far as these water speakers are concerned: Gay.

[mazola @ May 2nd 2006 11:41AM]

Definitely reminds me of Runaway Bride.

[enzo @ May 2nd 2006 12:01PM]

Well I was thinking of the recent film rendition of Lost in Space.

[Heads @ May 2nd 2006 12:06PM]

I think they could be referring to Virus (http://www.virusthemovie.com/)

[Asher @ May 2nd 2006 12:06PM]

As far as these water speakers are concerned: Gay.


The speakers are "Gay"? What...are you 12?

[AH @ May 2nd 2006 12:20PM]

Funny all the different movies we've come up with--I immediately thought of Starship Troopers (which fits into the "bad" category much better than the Matrix in my opinion)

[Nukes and Candy @ May 2nd 2006 12:25PM]

Hey how about video game! Half Life 2!!! These speakers are from Half
Life 2!!

Anybody know what im talking about give me a "HUUA!"

Alexander Wunderlich

[Mike @ May 2nd 2006 12:30PM]

There was a sci-fi movie where lil robots that looked like this attacked a space ship. I have no clue what it was call ed thought, so I'm not much help.

[Mike @ May 2nd 2006 12:32PM]

yah & sory, I ain't got no gud englash or speling?

[UFG @ May 2nd 2006 12:37PM]

I'd like to confirm that the speakers are, in fact, gay.

I saw two of them getting it on with each other yesterday.

[Jason @ May 2nd 2006 12:53PM]

I don't think any sci-fi movie is bad, other than Star Wars; because IT"S NOT SCI-FI! STAR WARS IS FANTASY, PEOPLE! FANTASY! *breathes*

Ok, that being off my chest, I'm a total audio geek and I want one of these even if I never use it.

[wisefool @ May 2nd 2006 12:56PM]

oh c'mon people! it's sooo obviously War of the Wor...I mean Memoirs of a Geisha!

[EdZ @ May 2nd 2006 1:10PM]

These should be used exclusively to play Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (gads, I love that full title!).

[Scott @ May 2nd 2006 1:10PM]

Noooo... It was Broke Back Mountain!!! So, yes, they are very gay.

[daschupa @ May 2nd 2006 1:11PM]

Minority Report deff. Though that was a good movie.

Oh and the speakers are cool, they lay their eggs in your belly to produce their bass. hehehe, they tickle!

[adm @ May 2nd 2006 1:14PM]

somebody get me some mushrooms, stat.

[afrokenjonny @ May 2nd 2006 1:15PM]

i agree. you can make out and do so much with this cute jellyfish sonic water.

[j3oomerang @ May 2nd 2006 1:37PM]

i was thinking i, robot but minority report is a good guess too, is the author going to chime in and tell us what exactly he was thinknig of

[tiuk @ May 2nd 2006 1:45PM]

"Well, apparently you plug your music source in and watch the crazy light patterns ripple on the floor beneath, hypnotized as it springs to life and disembowels you. That's what."

[tiuk @ May 2nd 2006 1:54PM]

Apparently it doesn't like ascii arrows.

"Well, apparently you plug your music source in and watch the crazy light patterns ripple on the floor beneath, hypnotized as it springs to life and disembowels you. That's what."
^^brought me dangerously close to spitting water all over my monitor and keyboard. Well done.

And I'm almost positive they're talking about Minority report, the things looked almost exactly like that.

[Spyvie @ May 2nd 2006 2:14PM]

I'll buy one if I get to see Tom Cruise sucked up it's anus

[Yale R @ May 2nd 2006 2:23PM]

So if I put a bowl of water and a waterproof flashlight on top of my current speakers, I'm gonna save a bunch of money right? And I won't be killed by those tripod looking things from Chicken Little?

[Gray Horwitz @ May 2nd 2006 2:35PM]

I believe they are refering to Lost in Space (the movie). That is Mike from 17&18 was talking about. Most people think it was bad, but it definitely had spider creatures which would "spring to life and disembowel you".

[Miguel @ May 2nd 2006 3:58PM]

Those are some lame speakers. Do we really need things that cheesey to look at?

I thought by the headline that I'd be reading an article about speakers that used water to do something new with sound. Someting about this phrase in particular made me think this: Sonic water speakers.

That tiny speaker looks pretty useless. Looks about as good as the desktop computer speakers that came with a five dollar keyboard. Heck, I could crank up those things and put a glass of water in front of my monitor and tap on my desk to get the same effect.

If it isn't going to be that useful they should at least make it look good. And the guy in post 8 had a good idea about shining the light up, but lets take it further. The light should be projected all around the room! walls ceilings floors.... all should look like they are underwater. Now you're getting somewhere.

If it's supposed to look good they should have figured out a way to hide those wires. Give the darn thing a wireless transmitor base that you can plug into a media controller...

[Mark @ May 2nd 2006 4:29PM]

You are all wrong the movie was Batteries Not Included.

[Maff @ May 2nd 2006 5:37PM]

looks a bit like a pit-droid off star wars too, i was thinking minority report when i first saw it though, but the design has been much copied i think since episode I (1999)

[Dean @ May 2nd 2006 8:17PM]

I'll buy anything if I get to see Tom Cruise sucked up its anus!

[brink @ May 2nd 2006 10:54PM]

I liked the lost in space suggestion, fits all the requirements nicely. Except now it's "late era" - man the OP likes causing some confusion, let's make it MORE VAGUE and watch them squirm. Well No Sir, I don't intend to play that game.

[Sheniferous @ May 3rd 2006 3:21AM]

It's definitely "Blue Demon"... the movie about sharks... with lasers on their backs. I'm dead serious.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0444723/

[Rozan @ May 3rd 2006 6:09AM]

Comeon guys its got to be war of the worlds. how can you not see it??

[Shaun Carter @ May 3rd 2006 7:11AM]

This is definitely a good way to scare your date right out of your place...

[Tim @ Aug 20th 2006 10:59AM]

f*in ridiculous, who cares about what movie it was.

this speaker looks pretty cool. i believe that's a tang band driver as well. (logitech uses 'em in some of their models)