#twatch Open Hardware Networked LCD Screen 52
An anonymous reader writes "Dangerous Prototype's #twatch is a DIY network appliance that displays real-time topic trends from Twitter. It can also show system statistics, RSS feeds, mail notifications, and more using a TCP server on port 1337 that accepts commands from LCD control programs like LCD Smartie (Windows) and LCDproc (Linux). Everything you need to build your own is on the project's page. We've covered this hardware hacker's work previously."
Port 1337 (Score:2, Insightful)
Port 1337? Seriously? Stop being cute, and use a standard port number.
Port 1337 (Score:4, Insightful)
Did all of slashdot just get trolled? April isn't until next year...
Re:Hmm. (Score:1, Insightful)
Seriously.
It's not that hard to send and receive commands via e-mail or off your own web server.
OK, Twitter gives you the ability to send text messages directly to it but it also gives you a giant security hole.