Ok, while I did post about this in my other blog, I felt as though its topic was quite relevant and interesting so I’m posting it again here.
Some lonely cat nerd loser genius decided it would be entirely important and relevant to find out the utilization of his cat door. Not only that, he wanted to know who was using it and when. So, he simply:
- Gave RFID chips to his cats Gus and Penny (an RFID chip is something you’d find in your CTA card…it’s a unique identifier)
- Gave himself a twitter account
- Got himself a cheap digital camera
- Wrote himself some code
What did he end up with? THIS:
IT’S AN AUTOMATICALLY TWEETING CAT DOOR. WOW!
Gus walks in. His RFID chip passes by the sensor, identifying him as Gus. This triggers the camera to take a picture of Gus in action. Then, with the photo, his program creates a tweet that shows the picture and the cat entering the door. This way, when he’s at work, he can monitor his cats using the door and thus see what they’re doing! it’s like nanny cam (for cats) 2.0! I really want sometjing like this.
read all about it at engadget
