Twitwee Clock checks tweets with old world charm
By Donald Melanson 
posted April 22nd 2010 1:21PM
posted April 22nd 2010 1:21PM
We've seen a few cuckoo clock-inspired projects over the years, but one of the more obvious, a twitter clock, hasn't been among them -- until now, that is. Dubbed the Twitwee Clock, this contraption built by Haroon Baig relies on an Arduino (what else?) and an LCD to display incoming tweets, and an old fashioned mechanical cuckoo to notify you when a new one has arrived. That could obviously get on your nerves pretty quickly if you're simply watching your main Twitter feed, but the clock can also be setup to follow any twitter stream or search to give the cuckoo a bit of a rest. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any plans for building your own, but you can get a glimpse of the clock's internals at the link below, and check it out in action after the break.
Twitwee Clock from Haroon Baig on Vimeo.
How perfect for conan's daily twat!
@knewman
Daily twat? You're thinking of Letterman.
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Sweet! I used to have a clock like that growing up. I'm from the old world!
dumbest. invention. ever.
This clock is about as useless as Twitter itself is.
the old world must still exist then, in the form of solvang.
not true- this thing can also tell time.
uhh wtf! of all the things. twitter itself is super useless. the old school clocks were built better and had way more charm than this contaption.
PLEASE SHOOT ME!
Twit is right
I am going to tweet it right now to piss someone off