I've been playing around with this only to find that twitter is way to unreliable to use as a home automation platform.
Instead I used misterhouse from MisterHouse.com and now control my lights via Gtalk, AOL and IRC.
I found that to be a much more stable messenger platform than Twitter.
Of course, you can still output log data to your Home's twitter account but it's not a badly needed feature if you already run the house on Gtalk and AOL IM.
Anyways, cool to see I'm not the only one playing around with this.
Cool... BTW I wrote something a few days ago to hook up a webcam in such a way that it alerts you through twitter if someone breaks into your house (or messes with ur room in ur absence). SO, there u go, cheap DIY home security with real time/anywhere updates
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wat was the name of that thing called?
groovy baby!
Wow!
That is reeeaaally useful =)
Very cool... But you have to have your computer 24/7 switched on to do that anytime.
i'm gonna get you back justin....
The device on the wall is made by INSTEON (http://www.insteon.net/).
I've been playing around with this only to find that twitter is way to unreliable to use as a home automation platform.
Instead I used misterhouse from MisterHouse.com and now control my lights via Gtalk, AOL and IRC.
I found that to be a much more stable messenger platform than Twitter.
Of course, you can still output log data to your Home's twitter account but it's not a badly needed feature if you already run the house on Gtalk and AOL IM.
Anyways, cool to see I'm not the only one playing around with this.
OMG, I MUST HAVE THIS. What an amazing idea. Very simple and very environmentally friendly.
Cool...
BTW I wrote something a few days ago to hook up a webcam in such a way that it alerts you through twitter if someone breaks into your house (or messes with ur room in ur absence). SO, there u go, cheap DIY home security with real time/anywhere updates
http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/05/14/keep-tab-on-home-security-with-a-webcam-and-twitter.html
Twitter is just so cool for such hacks.
How do you get the lights to go back on if Twitter is down???
OHH! That was pretty sweet
I think you messed up on this - you send a text message that turned twitter off, not your lights.
that was brilliant!! a great news for lazy people like me ;)
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