The house that Twitters it's energy use

An IT boffin has wired his house to Twitter messages like it's energy use, or even if he has accidentally left a window open.

Dr Andy Stanford-Clark, an engineer with IBM, has installed around 30 sensors in his 16th-century cottage on the Isle of Wight which are each hooked up to Twitter.

They are all programmed with different tasks and use mobile phone technology to send updates to Twitter so Andy can check on his house while he is not there.

He has sensors on doors to say whether they are open or closed, lights to know if he has accidentally left them on and water usage is measured and the system sends a tweet if it is higher than normal.

Andy even has Twittering mousetraps which send an update if they catch anything and his phone will tweet him if one of his mates calls… they haven't yet.