[dorkbotsea-blabber] Proposal: Have a "Tweet-A-Watt" per entry in "Strange Things"

[shelly at hive-mind.com]

sounds pretty cool, Zot!

I"m creating a twitter visualization for Strange Things.  I'll be able to
follow anyone.

How long does it take to assemble?
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Zot <
dorkbotsea_blabber at mailonly.zotnet.com> wrote:

> Having just completed phase one of the Tweet-a-Temp
> (http://www.instructables.com/id/Tweet-A-Temp/) which is a "failed"
> attempt to make a Tweet-A-Watt (http://www.ladyada.net/make/tweetawatt/)
> I thought about Strange things.
>
> what I propose is that each entry have a Tweet-a-Watt which links to a
> master receiver which then Tweets each entry's Wattage to a single
> twitter account.
>
> There are plenty of cool twists we could apply to this, if we go ahead.
> Some thoughts are: interacting with Twittering queries; interacting with
> the entries (especially if they are on Twitter); acting as a, or
> integrating with a, master twitter account for the event; Adding
> Tweet-A-Watts from non-entries (lighting usage, A/C, Solar Panel
> offsets, receiver computer, etc.); or interacting with the audience
> somehow.
>
> The two things I like about this is that it is a "meta" level source of
> information to the show, and offers a counterweight to the idea of using
> electricity.
>
> If we do want to go forward, I am willing to handle the purchasing
> process, to donate my time soldering the equipment, and to loan a
> computer for the master receiving (if we need it).
>
> I would expect each entry that had a Tweet-A-Watt to purchase the parts
> (unless we can find a sponsor) for each transmitter (expected cost per
> transmitter+ Kill-A-Watt is about $60 +shp+tx, though bulk orders should
> reduce that a bit).
>
> We could also do a Tweet-A-Watt workshop at 911 to help defray costs
> even more (this is a cool project for beginning/moderate soldering and
> programming).
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> --
> Zot O'Connor
>
> http://twitter.com/ZotOConnor
>
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