TypeRanter: Watch a typewriter type out your tweets in real-time
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[URL]http://typeranter.com/[/URL]
This is a little project that my housemate and I worked on. It's a 1980's typewriter. We reverse-engineered it and hooked it up to Twitter. Anything you Tweet at @typeranter will be typed out.
Here's more info if you're interested:
[URL]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1468605&p=47955319&viewfull=1#post47955319[/URL]
Here's a livestream:
[IMG]http://orbit.bitnode.co.uk:54321/stream[/IMG]
[URL]http://typeranter.com/[/URL]
Please keep it clean!
Did you use some kind of microprocessor to link the typewriter to the Internet? Kinda awesome
[QUOTE=cody8295;47968556]Did you use some kind of microprocessor to link the typewriter to the Internet? Kinda awesome[/QUOTE]
Thanks!
And yes, we used an AVR microcontroller to drive the typewriter itself, then a Raspberry Pi to gather up the tweets. The Pi sends the tweets to the AVR via serial link and the AVR makes the typewriter type out the individual letters.
That a super fucking cool, nice job!
I've sent two tweets and nothing has happened, is it broken?
[QUOTE=leontodd;47970041]That a super fucking cool, nice job![/QUOTE]
Thanks!
[editline]16th June 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=ZeroTimesCookie;47970118]I've sent two tweets and nothing has happened, is it broken?[/QUOTE]
Oops, looks like it crashed while I was out, sorry. It's back up.
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