Things that Tweet (furniture,lights,toilets,bridges,dogs,shoes & more..what next?)

Twitter has changed the way not only humans communicate, but also how non-living things, objects, animals and plants may communicate digitally.  The ‘Internet of Things’ is finally approaching reality and feasibility.  Here is a comprehensive list of things that tweet. If we have missed something let us know and we will add it.

Living Things:

Plants: Plants that tweet when they need to be watered @pothos

Puppies and Pets: Puppies’ barks can be translated to tweets.

Baby Kicks from the Womb: This is the ultimate! Baby kicks from the womb are tweeted. A father to be rigged this up to be notified whenver his to be born baby kicked. @kickbee

Heart Monitor: Heart monitors can tweet thereby informing whether a person is alive or not. Depends on a

Gadgets and Furniture:

TweetAWatt:  Power meter that tweets your energy and power usage.  @tweetawatt

Lamps,  Windows: Someone wired his entire house with sensors that can tweet. Lamps that tweet “I am turned on”, Windows that tweet “I am open” and even a mouse trap. @andy_house Another person can even send commands to his lights to turn off. If you tell it to turn off something with an @ reply like “@MattsOffice light off” , it will turn off the light.

Water Tanks, Security Systems: Anything at home can be made to tweet literally.Other things in his house that tweet:  “400 litres of water used so far today”, “security system: door open” @andy_house

Thermostats, Heaters: Thermostats can not only tweet the current temperature but also respond to questions and commands. For e.g., If you ask it “how cold is it?” – responds with temperature or “How bright is it?” – replies with the current ambient light reading. @mattsoffice

Washing Machine: Washing machines and driers tweet when the load is done. @pimpy3wash

Toasters: Toaster tweets when its done toasting @mytoaster

Toilets: A toilet that will post to twitter with every flush @hacklabtoilet

Chairs: Chairs that tweet in response to farts! @officechair

Ovens: Ovens tweet to bakers when something hot and fresh has been baked.  @albionsoven

Telescope: Telescope that tweets where it is pointing to. @LovellTelescope

Personal Use Objects:

Wi-Fi Body Scale: Body weighing scale that tweets your weight  My weight is ..

Shoes: Nike can now automatically tweet your fitness status based on the info it gathers from the sensors while you run

Vehicles:

Ferries: Ferry tweets its location. Pretty accurate and up to date. @red_ferries

Structures:

Bridges: The London Tower tweets when its opening or closing and for what. @towerbridge