Put this one in the novel uses for Twitter basket – how to use Twitter to turn off your bedroom lights.
I saw this a few months back – but was reminded today about it by Momma. Enjoy!
Control Lights with Twitter from Justin Wickett on Vimeo.
What other fun, novel, bizarre uses have you seen for Twitter?
@murdamw
yeah this is awesome. I joined twitter ( when i did ) because of this videos lol…. not understanding @ that moment whats all about . I just thought it was cool what this guy did
@cthomp7777
Woah- that’s crazy. So how long will it be till twitter can cook grilled cheese sandwiches?
@AverageGalDotCo
Oh my gosh! Who knew that Twitter could be so useful? Very innovative idea! Now if only it could get my kids up and ready for school everyday… hum.
@GlendaWH
Intriguing! I’m curious about the exact technologies used. I’m wondering if this could be used by individuals who are unable to get up and turn off the lights rather than expensive environment control units. What are the ways this could potentially be used?
@thefrosty
What the charlie!
That is so cool and ridiculous at the same time!!
I
would neverwant that!@cjharley
That is incredible. If I had that set up I would hook it up to my coffee pot so I could send a text in bed when I wanted my coffee started. And, yes I know they have coffee pots with automatic timers, but mine didn’t come with that feature.
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@alltopblogs
Can you share how was this implemented?
how did you connect twitter to your light switch?
@theandysan
That’s cool as hell!!
@EADFL
Hey Darren, thanks for sharing the link I emailed you earlier! I figured your readers would enjoy it!
Now if we can just set this up in our house!!!
Momma
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@pamelafa
Darren, wow what will they think of next. Entrepreneurial minds can’t go wrong. I will be trying this. Thanks so much for the tip.
@hectorhenry17
jajajaj what else we gonna see whit tweeterrrrr. lol
@specialkolin
oh my god… wow, I should have never seen this, my life has now become lazier.
@akrage
This is beyond beyond.
@swizec
I want a buttler that’s constantly hooked up to my twitter stream and intuitively figuring out what I want. So when they notice I’m starting to get a tad tired they bring me tea, peckish – food etc.
Wouldn’t THAT be cool!?
@atmacjournal
Looks like it’s probably done with X10 or Insteon technology – check out http://x10.com/ for one distributor, or websearch for “x10″ and “insteon”.
And yes, it can be used by people with disabilities instead of more expensive methods. I don’t know why more PWDs don’t use it – I do!
@moinuddin14
Unbelievable!!!! Where is the technology heading towards…. well its just amazing, i thought twitter is just a simple thing but now i could understand its greatness to an extent. Fantastic video.
@thecoveted
the next thing you know, twitter will be asking us ‘what are you doing dave?’
what? my name’s not dave!
@figandcherry
Um, does anyone else think this is incredibly lazy?
I mean, it’s cool. I’m not denying that. But lazy too. Really lazy.
@hendrylee
At Justin’s site there is a downloadable guide on how to accomplish this setup. Looks like he uses a Python script that runs endlessly to fetch the feed every one second and see if there in an instruction to turn the light on and off.
He is using Insteon switch to control lights (and possibly other appliances) with PC, connected via USB.
If you’d like to try that, at least create a special Twitter account so people who follow are not confused about those bizarre commands, especially if you use it to control multiple lights and appliances.
@gymtops
So. I can use my finger to do that. What’s the purpose?
@cbedon
Wow, the things people do, so they can have more time for other things. I wonder what else is possible for twitter…maybe tweet to start your car?….that would be good…nah. We have fingers like the person above said, and it doesn’t take that much to turn off the lights.
@agdm
Hey what if he left his house and forgot to make sure certain things were off.
I think its a novel idea.
Imagine, “Turn off iron”.
@luckyb52
Hey Darren,
How does the computer recognize the “turn off lights” tweet? I went to Momma’s site but didn’t find anything on the Twitter-lights project…
Cheers,
Lucky
@teamness
I have no other bizarre uses of Twitter to share, but listen to this: today I pressed the On button on my tv remote control and suddenly I saw a few people trapped in the tv talking to each other.
Duh …
@JulietJohnson
I know a couple who are so busy that they take their laptops to bed. They sit side by side working into the night, and when they start IM-ing each other exclusively, they know they’re done and it’s time to turn the light off. If they don’t have this way of turning all the lights off already without getting out of bed, I’m sure it’s on their to-do list to get it!!
What a fun concept! This techno-internet thing is making life magical, no?