Speaker made from vegetable in Japan hitting the right notes for listeners

A speaker made from bottle gourd in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, has been attracting listeners with its good acoustics and a cute appearance that makes it look like an animation character.A car audio system maker in Tochigi, which is the biggest producer of dried gourd strips used in sushi rolls, began developing the speaker named "fucucchi" in 2013 in collaboration with local farmers, using the plant know as "fukube" in Japanese."Gourds have been used to make musical instruments around the world," said Akira Takahashi, 67, president of Sound Tec Takahashi Denki that makes the unique…READ FULL ARTICLE