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Twitter Ticker from Dot Matrix Printer

Nowadays social networks gain popularity with considerable share of users signed in twitter. It is not surprising that tech geeks trying to facilitate virtual communication by designing machines for checking and printing of twits. Such “twitprinter” is nothing else than a converted old dot matrix printer. Such unusual construction born in the creative mind of Kenneth, a Texas-based modder. This tech-keen guy haggled the old dot matrix printer at a flea market for 5$. After the purchase Kenneth brought his brainchild into life using BeagleBone hardware, a local version of the open-source Arduino platform, as working heart and brains for the twitprinter. The attachment is able to connect the social network and track all the twits mentioning the programmed username and then at stated periodicity deliver those messages chocking out each symbol.

As the open-source movement is becoming more widespread, Kenneth shared all the codes he used while projecting the device. So if you are a jack-of-all-trades and have access to the required equipment as dot matrix printer, prototyping platform and other minor parts, you can take advantage of the opportunity and recreate this twitprinter or modify it into something else. In case you want to use Arduino platform all the necessary materials are at www.arduino.cc.