Twitter: Now as powerful as the Clapper

If you can’t get enough of Twitter why not try Twitter-enabling your home? By connecting his cellphone with his Twitter account, Justin Wickett has created what amounts to a remote switch triggered by Twitter messages.

By using a simple program he was able to connect SmartHome’s INSTEON switches to the Internet and control them with a ping from Twitter.

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