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Twine, The Gadget That Senses Your Environment And Tweets You, Is Coming In May | Singularity Hub

Twine, The Gadget That Senses Your Environment And Tweets You, Is Coming In May | Singularity Hub | Science News | Scoop.it

Two recent grads of the MIT Media Lab, John Kestner and David Carr, had an idea for a handheld device packed with sensors that could email, text or tweet you if your basement was flooding, for example.

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Plant Sends Tweets for Water : Dean's Corner

Plant Sends Tweets for Water : Dean's Corner | Science News | Scoop.it

Botanicalls Kits let plants reach out for human help! They offer a connection to your leafy pal via online Twitter status updates to your mobile phone. When your plant needs water, it will post to let you know, and send its thanks when you show it love. It comes as a kit so that you can hone your soldering skills (or teach someone else) while you build a line of communication between you and your houseplant!
This kit comes with everything you need to get your plant tweeting in no time. The ATmega328 comes pre-programmed, but you can customize it with your own messages. The only thing you need to provide is a plant, network connection (and ethernet cable), and a power outlet.

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Special Forces Get Social in New Psychological Operation Plan

Special Forces Get Social in New Psychological Operation Plan | Science News | Scoop.it
The elite forces of the U.S. military think they've found a new way to sway opinion in the Pentagon's preferred directions: a voice-based so...
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