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IBM Patents Tweeting Remote Control

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-put-a-clock-in-something dept.

Fluffeh writes "IBM has applied for a patent on a network-enabled smart remote control that sends out a message to Twitter, Facebook or a blog when you start watching a TV show." Hopefully this launches an exciting patent landgrab of devices that are socially enabled. Your car can tweet when you leave your garage. Your dishwasher can tweet when the load is done. Your skillet can tweet when your eggs are burnt. And they say innovation is dead.

3 of 282 comments (clear)

  1. Re:My door can tweet when I forget to lock it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That is just asking for the criminals to know exactly when to strike you down:

    "His door is unlocked AND his sidearm is unloaded, lets get him now!"

  2. Twitter enabled underwear by kraksmoka · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It blasts a message over twitter when you let rip a blast? Do not mod this redundant, hahahah

    --
    "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." - Rahm Emanuel
  3. Alright, poop time. by spidrw · · Score: 1, Redundant

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/