Ryan Rose, The TiVo senior programmer from San Jose, hacked his 25-year-old washing machine to send a message to Twitter whenever his laudry is done.
After some attention from various blogs and news articles, Rose's washing machine has 407 followers on Twitter -- meaning 407 people hear about it every time he does laundry.
After reading the article on this machine, a few things flashed across my mind:
1) Don't judge an appliance by its appearance2) I want my washer and oven to do the same
3) Alan Kay's quote: "The easiest way to predict the future is to invent it."
Walk-through of hack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkMXpKmRXvU
Wash Status: http://twitter.com/pimpy3wash
Source information courtesy of LATimes.com
Image courtesy of eddy1210 on YouTube
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