Darth Sushi
12-03-2009, 07:48 AM
The Weasley's Magic Clock From Harry Potter Uses Twitter in Our World
By Dan Nosowitz, Dec 3, 2009 2:00 AM
" Remember that clock the Weasleys have in the Harry Potter series, the one that shows each family member and where they are? This homemade clock does the same thing, only it uses Twitter for location-grabbing and is, you know, real.
This is one very cool (and pretty good-looking project). It fetches Twitter status updates every few minutes and looks for key words to match up to its many locations, including School, Home, Travelling, Prison, Texas and Mortal Peril. That information is relayed to the clock's Arduino brain, which flips the corresponding arm to the right status. It even takes inspiration from the Weasley's clock by including that last "mortal peril" option, though I'm not exactly sure that someone actually in mortal peril would have the time or motivation to Twitter that specific status. Still, take that, JK Rowling! Your creations aren't so magical now, are they?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x__the_magic_clock_1.jpg "
:source: Source: http://gizmodo.com/5417720/the-weasleys-magic-clock-from-harry-potter-uses-twitter-in-our-world
By Dan Nosowitz, Dec 3, 2009 2:00 AM
" Remember that clock the Weasleys have in the Harry Potter series, the one that shows each family member and where they are? This homemade clock does the same thing, only it uses Twitter for location-grabbing and is, you know, real.
This is one very cool (and pretty good-looking project). It fetches Twitter status updates every few minutes and looks for key words to match up to its many locations, including School, Home, Travelling, Prison, Texas and Mortal Peril. That information is relayed to the clock's Arduino brain, which flips the corresponding arm to the right status. It even takes inspiration from the Weasley's clock by including that last "mortal peril" option, though I'm not exactly sure that someone actually in mortal peril would have the time or motivation to Twitter that specific status. Still, take that, JK Rowling! Your creations aren't so magical now, are they?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x__the_magic_clock_1.jpg "
:source: Source: http://gizmodo.com/5417720/the-weasleys-magic-clock-from-harry-potter-uses-twitter-in-our-world