TWINE: objects speaking to their owners

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- - TWINE: objects speaking to their owners
  - 18/04/2012
  - Sam Shaw
The TWINE device offers users simplicity and customisability
TWINE (2012) ©

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In a mobile world, getting a tweet when your laundry's done, an email when your basement floods, or a text message when you leave the garage door open could be incredibly handy. That's what two MIT alumni are betting on with their new sell-out product, TWINE.

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Industry Technology

Location United States

Keywords Internet of Things Self & System Being+ Mass Customisation Hyperconnectivity Mobile Living Smartphone Design thinking

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