Facebook LED blink on new notifications and messages

video Facebook LED blink on new notifications and messages

This is a demonstration of a small project for Facebook I've been working on.
A green LED will blink when a new notification is available, and a red LED will blink when a new message is received.
The green LED will stop blinking when you read the new notification(s), and the red LED will stop blinking when the new messages have been read.

HeartDisk says: Jul 12, 2011. 2:47 AM

wow that's so cool :D i am going to implement in my Home ;) and more question it's work on all kind of notification or just face

kiva22 says: Jun 9, 2011. 1:38 PM

Do you have to be logged into facebook for this to work?

Stonos (author) in reply to kiva22Jun 10, 2011. 3:21 PM

Yes, and you need to have a tab with Facebook open.

2hochn says: Aug 3, 2010. 1:49 PM

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beehard44 in reply to 2hochnAug 29, 2010. 5:32 AM

relay works better than your 'duino

luvit says: Aug 2, 2010. 5:47 PM

instead of LEDs, can you make the instructable with horns like these?

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Computothought in reply to luvitAug 8, 2010. 7:02 AM

It can be done but you have to use some kind of relay setup.

Stonos (author) in reply to luvitAug 3, 2010. 2:03 AM

Sorry, the closest thing I can do is to play a horn sound from the speakers :P

Joe Martin says: Aug 2, 2010. 12:56 AM

I like this alot, will you have a how to anytime soon?

Stonos (author) in reply to Joe MartinAug 2, 2010. 5:07 AM

Thanks! :) I'm writing an instructable for it. It should be ready in 1-2 days.

Joe Martin in reply to StonosAug 2, 2010. 5:47 AM

Can't wait!

Stonos (author) in reply to Joe MartinAug 4, 2010. 2:30 PM

The instructable is ready! :D http://www.instructables.com/id/Facebook-LED-blink-on-new-notifications-and-messag-1/

PKM says: Aug 2, 2010. 10:00 AM

That's pretty cool- and very minimal-looking.

I'm working on a project doing a similar task with message notifications- would you be willing to share your source code for whatever is running on the PC that detects Facebook messages?

Stonos (author) in reply to PKMAug 2, 2010. 10:22 AM

Thanks :) I'm working on an instructable that will have everything that's needed (including the source code). The part that detects new messages has a limitation however: You must already have a chat window open and minimized with the person that sends you the message; otherwise, the new message will not be detected.