Twitter Hack – How to Make a Tweeting Cat Door!
More and more hackers and engineers are learning the value of Twitter’s microblogging platform and this Tweeting Cat Door is another such great feat that will update you the status of your cat door. Whether your cat is leaving town or coming home with his/her friends, you will be sure to be tweeted if they go through the cat door.
Here’s a screenshot of the updates on the Tweeting Cat Door, you can follow @GusAndPenny.
Each cat has a small RFID tag on the collar. When a cat is in the close proximity of the door, a small RFID reader reads the tag and if the cat is authorized, a servo will unlock the cat door. The RFID reader and the servo controller are connected to an old laptop. The software on the laptop is written in Delphi and for each “cat door event” is sending a Twitter message and a picture to twitter.com
Tags: blog, cat door, close proximity, coming home, delphi, hackers, old laptop, rfid reader, rfid tag, screenshot, servo controller, twitter
April 11th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
[...] days ago, we saw the cat-tracking Tweeting Cat Door that will let you know when your cat has left the house. (and came back) Now, we found something [...]