I love this idea. Twine is  a way of getting your computer/phone/email/twitter/whatever to react and respond to a real world event. It’s a simple box with a collection of sensors all controlled with a simple web interface. Want to know when the dryer is finished? The accelerometer will tweet you. Want to know when a door is opened? Use the magnetic sensor to send you an SMS when it is triggered.

As the creators behind Twine put it: “Connect your things to the Internet, without a nerd degree”
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