Device judges your pulse and Tweets its findings to your parents and Ashton Kutcher

What's creepier than automatically informing Twitter every time your unborn child kicks his mother's womb? Giving all your Twitter followers a live feed of your heartbeat, including canned messages to announce your death in case you cease pumping Cheeto-infused blood through your goth-nerdy veins. This Japanese DIY project has open source schematics and is designed to bypass a PC and send the news of your heart hiccups directly the internet. Check out the appropriately dramatic video after the break.

[Erik @ Jun 28th 2009 11:21AM]

Dear Lord,

Please end this twitter fad, these immature kids are having their social networking sites show up on my tech blog.
Thanks,
oh and a raise would be cool!

Amen

[m3nphls @ Jun 28th 2009 12:08PM]

Agreed, Twitter is the stupidest shit ever. Who the hell waste their time typing what the hell they're doing?? These people needs to find something better to waste their time on.

[Tiptup300 @ Jun 28th 2009 12:29PM]

"Dear Twitter, found a lamer on engadet saying twitter is a waste of time, what a loooser. Now I'm going to argue with him to make him see things my way. I'll show him!"

oh btw [sic]

[Erik @ Jun 28th 2009 1:36PM]

Twittering my life:

10:34 am:
Taking a shit, hope everyone is following me

10:34 am:
Got a new follower! OMGZ im so popular

10:35
this is so fun, i love twitter... im twittering. anybody wanna know what else im doing??

10:40
Wow this actually sucks... Myspace does this and more...

*Cancels account*

[UK31337 @ Jun 28th 2009 1:40PM]

I think it would be ironic if you "tweeted" your displeasure with Twitter.

I hate it too. It's everywhere you turn these days, they're even bringing it to the 360's dashboard at some point soonish. Seriously, the fad has gone way too far and has to plateau and eventually fizzle out at some point. Sooner the better pl0x.

[Michael @ Jun 28th 2009 1:56PM]

Thats disgusting... wayy to much information...no-one wants to know you use my-space...

[b3tan @ Jun 28th 2009 2:12PM]

if we 'trended' a 'hashtag' of twitterisshit would we be cool, or as bad as the 'tweeters'

[Zavrion @ Jun 28th 2009 2:28PM]

You sir are an idiot, Twitter is NOT the same thing as a Facebook status update. There are ton of practical business uses when it comes to tweeting. Like free target traffic generation, duh.

[Phoenix @ Jun 28th 2009 3:59PM]

I know some cardiologists who would love to tweak this and get it to work for their patients... This could actually have some very real and useful applications!

[Stephen @ Jun 28th 2009 11:22AM]

Ha, i'm actually eating Cheetos right n *dies*

[Arkenklo @ Jul 2nd 2009 2:52AM]

Ha, i'm actually eating Cheetos right nHHNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG


fix'd.

[The Crazy Toast @ Jun 28th 2009 11:27AM]

Lol... they make it sound so epic.
Cool oscillo though :p

[chrise524 @ Jun 29th 2009 1:30AM]

Yes it does like an RPG or something. I also always love some Kutcher jokes.

But one thing I wasn't sure about in the video [@1:07]. How is two people holding each other supposed to raise your pulse? That just doesn't make any sense to me.

[MarnBeast @ Jun 29th 2009 5:23AM]

read: love

[Jonathan @ Jun 28th 2009 11:29AM]

I haven't been so excited about my pulse since the Nintendo E3 announcement.

[rita hainsworth @ Jun 28th 2009 11:31AM]

I would buy this in a Heartbeat!

[Lando Calrissian @ Jun 28th 2009 11:31AM]

I see what you did there.

[CreepinJesus @ Jun 28th 2009 12:24PM]

*Wookie growl*

[graywolf790 @ Jun 28th 2009 12:39PM]

*wah-wah*

[wat up!!! @ Jun 28th 2009 1:15PM]

Its open source!!!
just get the schematics and do it urself!!!

[The Crazy Toast @ Jun 29th 2009 2:25AM]

Yes... Someone had to crack that one...
*groan*

[Victor Stuber @ Jun 28th 2009 11:37AM]

/facepalm

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Jun 28th 2009 12:00PM]

/faceplant

[Samboini @ Jun 28th 2009 12:07PM]

/eggplant in ass

[Erb @ Jun 28th 2009 12:08PM]

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

[graywolf790 @ Jun 28th 2009 12:40PM]

footplant

wallplant

as....oh, i give up

[Lance @ Jun 28th 2009 11:55AM]

Though I think their is better ways of distributing the data than through twitter (something that graphs it and shows a longer time span quickly), I could see how their would be at least some interest in a device/service like this for people who have a relative that had a heart attack or some other problem putting them in an Intensive Care Unit. Either for if they are either unable to get to the hospital at that time or just want a quick reassurance that the person is doing alright.

[loopyoyo @ Jun 28th 2009 12:05PM]

epic fail rotflmao! no one cares if your living...o wait....maybe apple fanbois should but steve jobs one of these...might just come in handy

[loopyoyo @ Jun 28th 2009 12:06PM]

twitter is so yesterday like your grandmothers underwear...just a fad..nothing else

[m3nphls @ Jun 28th 2009 12:07PM]

make a twitter device like this that will let everyone know everytime i cum shot would be nice

[tooql4life @ Jun 28th 2009 12:09PM]

For jerks

[graywolf790 @ Jun 28th 2009 12:42PM]

for losers with no lives

[Jerome36 @ Jun 28th 2009 12:22PM]

I'd like to see Twitter flat-line.

[graywolf790 @ Jun 28th 2009 12:43PM]

+1

[Joe H @ Jun 28th 2009 12:24PM]

You mean this isn't the new Wii accessory? ;)

[CreepinJesus @ Jun 28th 2009 12:25PM]

It won't be long until there's something like this for masturbating.

[HZ @ Jun 28th 2009 1:03PM]

The video is a total win.

[Zorque @ Jun 28th 2009 1:26PM]

"Win" isn't a noun. Neither is "fail". Cut it out, internet.

[lordmorgul @ Jun 28th 2009 1:51PM]

Hate to break this to you Zorque, but 'win' has been a noun much longer than the internet has been here.

[Ergosphere @ Jun 28th 2009 2:57PM]

Actually they're both nouns

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Jun 28th 2009 4:33PM]

ESPN uses "win" as a noun all the time. "Fail" as a noun, notsomuch.

[UK31337 @ Jun 28th 2009 1:37PM]

Not more Twitter articles, please Engadget, PLEASE post less of these. If you keep posting them on a regular enough basis I will have to stop coming here.

[paul34 @ Jun 28th 2009 8:51PM]

[grammar nazi]

"post FEWER of these" rather than "post LESS of these"

[/grammar nazi]

[Wwhat @ Jun 28th 2009 1:41PM]

Might be handy to connect it to (US/)korean border guards, if they all flatline we know it's trouble afoot.

[copperjet @ Jun 28th 2009 1:45PM]

I'm just not that big of a fan of Twatting, really.

[endoplasmic @ Jun 28th 2009 2:33PM]

From the video I got "089" and "LAN". Oh and a couple of houses/tridents.

[Steven Cherian @ Jun 29th 2009 10:35PM]

Someone PLEASE get one of these for Perez Hilton cuz he will need it very shortly...

[MowDownJoe @ Jun 28th 2009 2:40PM]

So... how long until we can build our own death clocks?

[Robobagins @ Jun 28th 2009 5:53PM]

I have to say twitter articles are great for blogs, they spawn so much hate traffic.

[Fire Burst @ Jun 28th 2009 10:51PM]

"screw you guys...I'm going tweeting"