Twine : Listen to your world, talk to the Internet
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I feel like I’ve been listing a ton of these Kickstarter style tech projects lately, but there are so many amazingly cool things being developed by individuals using the service that I can’t help it.
Here’s a new project trying to get a head start on the Internet-of-things, with a small wireless sensor that can be programmed via the ‘net to do things when triggered. Very interesting technology, and like all tech, it’s only gonna get cheaper and more prevalent.
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One of my favorite kickstarter projects...
Such a simple, yet incredible idea! I can’t to see these in action. Two days before I’d read about Twine I asked someone in the office “if you could be notified of anything via text message, what would it be?”
They answered, “I’d love to get a text when the laundry is done, the machine is in the basement of our building.” They will be super useful when you can buy a handful of them and the world is more wired, but this is an impressive start!