Twitter: Enabling the Internet of Things-lite

“It seems that Twitter is starting to provide the barest of minimums required for a physical object to count as a member of the Internet of Things. Some devices, like those mentioned above, use Twitter to communicate; others, like a lightbulb that shines when a Twitter account is mentioned and a cuckoo clock that animates small wooden puppets based on specific Twitter actions. This is our connected future, formed one Tweet at a time.” Read the complete article over here. Also read the excellent post “Twitter joined the Internet of Things” by Thomas van Manen on the same subject.