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

[Zot]

I think 2-3 hours is more than enough for the first time.  I could build
the standard receiver in 20 minutes (though we would only need one).


On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 10:12 -0700, shelly at hive-mind.com wrote:
> 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
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