Twitter-powered robotic popcorn machine: media snacker deluxe
Reading people’s annoying “I’m eating such-and-such” tweets gets pretty tiring (though we’re just as guilty as the next guy when we have a particularly impressive petit four). Someone with even more time on their hands than us had taken it upon themselves to make a little contraption that, it could be argued, increases Twitter ’s usefulness just a little. Popcorn Tweets (as it’s called) was built using Lego’s Mindstorm NXT and is powered by Labview software. Triggered by a #popcorn tweet, the machine’s motor is driven by a belt which turns an Archimedes’ screw, which in turn moves a kernal of unpopped corn from the hopper to the popper. Of course, you could always just get a bag of Orville Redenbacher’s microwave corn, but then… where’s the fun in that? The semi-annoying video is after the break. Continue reading Twitter-powered robotic popcorn machine: media snacker deluxe Twitter-powered robotic popcorn machine: media snacker deluxe originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink ? ?|? YouTube ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
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