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by Justin Wickett

2 years ago

My goal was to turn lights on and off via cell phone text messaging. Using Bob Paauwe's iLink INSTEON software (bobsplace.com/ilinks/) as well as Twitter (twitter.com), I was able to network my cell phone with my house's electrical system. The goal is to implement this on a larger scale at the Duke University Smart Home (smarthome.duke.edu/).

Special thanks to Bob Paauwe for developing iLink and helping me with the configuration. Also, thank you to Summize for providing me with API access to Twitter.

Send any feedback or suggestions to justin.wickett [AT] duke [DOT] edu or @jwickett on Twitter

A tutorial can now be found at duke.edu/~jyw2/INSTEON.pdf

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Samuel Febres 2 years ago

freakin' genius work man. :)
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten 2 years ago

Very impressive! Blogged about you here: thenextweb.org/2008/05/20/control-your-offline-world-with-twitter/
Eric E. Anderson 2 years ago

SMSmart Home.
Felipe Spina 2 years ago

WoW!
rexhammock 2 years ago

This is one small step for man. One giant leap for Twitter-kind.
Aleksandra Biolik 2 years ago

Just AWESOME! I want one too!!!
Mallix Mayne 2 years ago

At last, ppl seeing potential - nice one
Glenn Weatherson 2 years ago

pretty amazing man. good work.
Ethan Klapper 2 years ago

friggin amazing! write up some instructions man!
Justin Wickett 2 years ago

Thanks for all of the feedback guys! I'm working on being able to control any electrical device in my house via Twitter. Due to the overwhelming demand, I will write out some clear instructions when I get back home tonight.

**UPDATE**
A link to the instructions are posted in the video's bio
David Fradin 2 years ago

Brilliant, really. It would be especially interesting for the heating.
Imagine: when you leave your workplace, you remotely switch your home's heaters on so, by the time you arrive, it's warm. And you saved power during the day.
Andrew Trinh 2 years ago

Now you just need a computer hooked up to every electrical device in the house.

house self-destruct
Baranskiy Vyacheslav 2 years ago

I like it, how its done?
Soft 2 years ago

Cool!
Konrad Kierys 1 year ago

Nice!!
Rootclip 1 year ago

Brilliant! I knew Twitter had to have at least 1 good use. Hahah!!
Erin 1 year ago

u rock!
Dan Romero 1 year ago

I never commented on the actual video.

Nice job man.
jshaw3 1 year ago

so rad, good work
triomen 11 months ago

Soooo cool :-) Would be perfect for my coffee maker
CrystalsQuest 9 months ago

I feel seriously out-geeked now. Great job, Justin!
One day, when twitter doesn't make Australians text to Europe or the US to update by phone, I might have to do this...