February 15, 2010
Ericsson shows off Twittering Tree in Barcelona
At the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ericsson is showing how a tree can interact with human beings.
The “Twittering Tree,” on display at Hall 6 in Barcelona, senses that someone is walking by and transmits information about that movement to a processor in a nearby laptop, which then activates a number of responses.
The tree plays music, speaks, turns a light on or off, and even generates tweets (actually famous quotes) that will go live to its own Twitter account, ConnectedTree.
None of these responses are random – they are based on the activity around it. When someone moves away from it, for example, the Twittering Tree will express its “loneliness” with a particular tune and a tweet. When several visitors are competing for its attention, it will comment on how busy it is. For the tree huggers in the crowd, a special Twitter response is generated when someone touches the tree. Anyone in the world can interact with the tree by commenting on its tweets.
So what’s the point? To find out, read full article.
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