“Pekoppa uses an internal chip that detects patterns in human speech, and responds to you by bending the stem and moving the leaves. A deep “bow” by Pekoppa shows agreement with what you’re saying, so you can carry on a two-way conversation without missing a beat!”
I've been recently thinking about the level of wonder that emerges from the indirectness of magic. A couple more conversations with some smart people left me with some initial thoughts around how this is related to the notion of "one-to-one marketing" (think: "highly targeted" Facebook ads).
In both, the directness seems to be a key factor. There seems to be a sort of awkwardness that comes from directness, and a level of magic and wonder that comes from indirectness.
The above is a bit playful. Where it could map speech recognition patterns and react directly, there's something interesting in that it responds abstractly and indirectly. I don't think one-to-one is what we're looking for.
