Constant Garden clutters your desk with its noisy reminder antics

In a successful bid to make your life harder than it has to be, Constant Garden is a concept device meant to help you rest in the assurance that you're not missing appointments or annoying alert messages. However, instead of presenting this information on a helpful screen or pumping it through a single speaker, Constant Garden involves a couple dozen long-stemmed speakers, designed to shout out your reminders from their random-seeming array. Oh, and there are some nice and annoying garden sound effects to keep you stressed in the in between times. Brilliant. But hey, bonus points for the name pun, so this one's really a wash.

[Via Tech Digest]

[kle0012 @ Jun 2nd 2008 9:48PM]

I get the feeling this will stay as a concept device. It's just another one of those projects which involves a few snobby, arty people hitting a piece of plastic repeatedly with the ugly stick until it looks like it could do something completely overdone already.

[Aguiluz @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:00PM]

As you can see on the website after a few links, inside a flower is an earphone. Yes, an earphone. The total sound of all the earphones is enough to be "soothing and relaxing" as it claims.

I'll take 13 earphones from the dollar store (13x2=26) and hook 25 earphones together and save one for something I may think of. Then I'll plug it in to my laptop and see if it is as good as it claims.

[Aguiluz @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:02PM]

And I got to chuckle at this:

"In a stressful day, more than having a lot of activities to take care of,
having to remember all of the activities and keep track of them
is a cause of stress and tiedness. This is where the constant garden
comes in, reaching out for you with your appointments."

If the constant garden pesters you with reminders, is it going to be more stressful?

[Shane @ Jun 3rd 2008 1:34AM]

I agree...Who comes up with this stuff and what are they smoking?

[gad get @ Jun 2nd 2008 9:58PM]

I don't get it. Where's the pun?

[Kneeyogi @ Jun 2nd 2008 10:15PM]

You see it's a CONSTANT gard... wait I don't get the pun either.

[Haikibutsu @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:34PM]

I believe the pun is "Constant" meaning it constantly annoys you, Garden meaning "Guardin'", to where it guards you from being late on stuff.

[brian @ Jun 3rd 2008 1:29PM]

constant comment

[rutsy5 @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:37PM]

The Constant Gardener (movie)? I dunno exactly how that connects, but it does end unhappily...

[peshue @ Jun 2nd 2008 10:29PM]

But the protagonist in The Constant Gardener dies...

[Haikibutsu @ Jun 2nd 2008 10:44PM]

It reminds me of a plant. I don't know why, but I really really want this for some reason.

Oh, and lets predict what iEye will say:

"Ya, this thing is stupid because it doesn't grow apple logos. You know, on my iPhone, I can look at gay porn. Its pretty fun. I love jacking off to gay porn while I post about my iPhone in Engadget. Oh, and Windows Sucks."

[thegreatdestroyer @ Jun 2nd 2008 10:50PM]

That is just hilarious, iEye is getting really annoying.

[Aguiluz @ Jun 2nd 2008 10:55PM]

Apple users are not to be bashed, as they are tech users just like us. Arrogant fanboys are disliked and are annoying and will be bashed.

[Haikibutsu @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:12PM]

Well, I am a mac user myself, I am not saying my MacBook is better than other PCs, but I am using a mac right now.

I do find mac fanboys to be annoying as hell.

Also, I suspect iEye is a fake.

[Yevon @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:40PM]

"Also, I suspect iEye is a fake."

A fake what? Like, maybe deep down in his cold and obnoxious Engadget persona, he loves Windows and.. just wants to be loved?...

Nah.

[Jaque-o @ Jun 3rd 2008 3:37AM]

LOL !

Even when he's not sayin' anything at all people are anoyed by him xD
Hmm I lol'ed a bit too loud, think the guys at the office no longer believe i'm actually working.. Honestly, is this gonna turn into a typicle Engadget quote? rofl

[suhag @ Jun 3rd 2008 12:42AM]

seems like a complicated solution to an easy problem

[Josh @ Jun 3rd 2008 1:09AM]

It reminds me of that mind control game from Star Trek: TNG

[phanbouy @ Jun 3rd 2008 2:50AM]

wow way obscure. good job. i can picture wesley crusher's gray form fitting uniform as we speak. and now i have to go watch some straight porn to get that image out of my head.

[ryan.sahb @ Jun 3rd 2008 2:15AM]

*BEEP*

Where have all the Telletubies gone?

[peestandingup @ Jun 3rd 2008 4:57AM]

"If you're going swimming, don't forget to bring a towel."

STFU!!

[konshuss @ Jun 3rd 2008 8:58AM]

my first thought: "time for tubby bye bye! ... time for tubby bye bye!"

[Kate @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:24AM]

If I saw this in a store with no labeling whatsoever, I'd assume it sprayed water in multitude of directions.

[Johnny @ Jun 3rd 2008 11:20AM]

It looks like a grouping of flexible rubber golf tees.

[iamsoinsane @ Jun 3rd 2008 2:12PM]

The Dr. Suess earpiece..?