In the continuing saga of things that might not be worth doing but which are interesting nonetheless we have this guy named Michael Kleinigger who is using his electrical engineering degree to figure out how to use houseplants as antenna for am radio:
http://grieg.gotdns.com/blog/?p=312I predict this geek will go far and probably will spawn the "Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Plants! (SftPoC)" in may locations!