It surely didn’t escape anyone’s attention Twitter is on track to becoming a mass phenomenon globally. The service is also growing nicely in Japan where it has been embraced by the geek community in particular (Japanese is the only alternative language Twitter is available in until today).
And today a small group of those Japanese geeks, members of the so-called Koress Project, have announced the development of the Akiduki Pulse box, a device that automatically posts your heart rate to Twitter [JP].
After pressing a button on the box for a few seconds, all your Twitter followers get to see your heart rate along with a quick evaluation (bradycardia/normal/tachycardia). Koress says there is a fourth category but wouldn’t reveal details (I’m guessing this should be “death”).
The whole system is completely open source (firmware, hardware info etc.), with Koress planning to eventually commercialize their box and organize seminars to teach hardware makers how to manufacture the device by themselves. Unfortunately, all data and documentation is available in Japanese only.
In the (intentionally funny) promo video below [JP], future customers are bombarded with lines like “Now I can die and post this info to Twitter. That’s what I call a revolution!” and “Use the Akiduki Pulse box when you do sports, are in love or don’t even know yourself if you’re still alive!”.
Nice, geeky idea and you don’t even need a PC to use the Akiduki box, but the deal breaker is the heart monitor without which the whole system won’t work.
Via Asiajin [ENG] via Mycom Journal [JP]
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Very funny. LOL!
Surprisingly,
there is no device yet to see weather you are peeing or not, weather your bowel movements have taken place today or not.
but on a brighter side, it can be used to monitor health of old people, but then again, don’t we already have so many other options to monitor elderly?
so a totally useless app on totally useless twitter.
twitter (as of today) – is a place where misinformation spreads faster than speed of light.
I think this invention would help to athletes or people with poor health to better monitor themselves
Useful for http://twitter.com/nickstarr followers. “has he done it yet?!”
Reminds me of http://twitter.com/buttscratch
Gotta say, I preferred the fart sensing/twittering office chair
http://gizmodo.com/5211135/man-builds-chair-that-tweets-his-farts-single+handedly-justifies-twitters-existence
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I have a pacemaker. Why should I get some external device? Can’t someone develop a way for my continuously monitored heart to update Twitter? Sheesh, tech is so behind.
Not exactly. We do have the TooterTweeter, but that actually has value.
How about a device that tweets every time someone has a good idea? If my suggested device were real, the device in the article wouldn’t have been posted.
Only a society where you can buy used underwear in vending machines would come up with a device as ridiculous as this.
Contrary to popular belief, these machines DO NOT exist over here.
If false or urban legend, I apologize. However, Lobster vending machines and toilets with more buttons than telephones are equally ridiculous, both of which I’ve seen. On the plus side… most Japanese inventions are still less disgusting than “pancake wrapped sausage on a stick”, which took an American company to produce (and presumably a number of Americans to want to eat it).
I give you the Batter Blaster straight from the US ;):
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/03/26/video-review-batter-blaster-pancakes-in-a-can/
I’ve-fallen-and-I-can’t-get-up 2.0. :-)
OMG. :-)
Interesting Facts about Social Netwroks: Twitter fans vs Facebook fans
Twitter vs Facebook is not only a raged war between two big companies, on ground battle between respective users is very well known. With every major news story when Twitter makes the headlines, Twitter vs Facebook issue hits the social network pundits. Below are some documented facts about how many Facebook users are actually fans of Facebook service and how many Twitter users are fans followers of Twitter. An interesting insight into brand loyalty in social networks can be drawn from these facts!
http://techflipper.com/2009/06/28/interesting-facts-about-social-netwroks-twitter-fans-vs-facebook-fans/
I’m launching a service that’ll let you hire hookers through Twitter.
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Pretty cool device. I can’t imagine people actually using this device though…Who would use a heart monitor to post it on Twitter? Maybe people who would need it to be monitored but then again it shouldn’t go on Twitter, should be wired to some emergency help.
I haven’t been so excited about my pulse since the Nintendo E3 announcement.
These types of devices need to be very small, and connect to the cell phone via bluetooth.
Amazing! Ridiculous, but amazing! I love the idea. Big gold star for innovation and convergence of technologies. Go Japan!
I love how it’s fastened shut with rubber bands.
Interesting device. How long until the community asks Steve Jobs to wear one of them?
Does this Tweet “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up?”
I am waiting for “Shitter”!
Charmin can then tweet me some paper. Awesome.
Great idea. But do we need it?
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