Ideas and innovation at Silicon Valley art and tech fest (photos)

by CNET News.com  |  September 18, 2010, 1:00pm PDT  |  Image 6 of 12

Part greenhouse, part space-age symphony, Tomato Quintet was one of my favorites of the installations I explored in San Jose, intimately meshing the natural and digital worlds into a unique scientific experiment.

An interactive listening experience that translates the ripening of tomatoes into digital sounds, the Tomato Quintet relies on the gasses emitted from the fruit during the growth process.

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