Daily DIY

This prototype uses an embedded system and colour LCD screen to display messages from twitter.com. It was a fun way to learn Ruby programming, as well programming against this little LCD.



Twitter is a place to post brief updates on what’s going on in your world. At a conference I recently attended, a LCD TV was used to "broadcast" updates from the organizers and attendees. This got me thinking…what about twitter for a (much) smaller screen?



And what’s the point of all this? I’m not 100% sure. Who reads them? Why would people post their mundane daily doings, and why display them….there’s no logical answer but for some reason it’s addictive!









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By: adunn