Ironic Mustache Twitter Interface

This interface is really cool but you've probablly never heard of it. 

The IMRI seeks to create a twitter experience like no other, and tickle your mustache at the same time. Using space age technology, you too can know the moment someone is talking about staches on the twitterverse. Everytime someone tweets out #mustache, your mustache will vibrate, telling you exactly when someone is talking about mustaches. 

Perfect for those hipsters who have everything. 

Step 1: Stuff you might need if you're cool enough

A fake mustache, or a real one that you ripped off your face
vibrating pager motor
a retro arduino board
sweet programming skills
Old drinking straw
some solid core wire

Not necessary but you're a total poseur with out it:
Wayfarer sunglasses
Fixie bike
a case of PBR brah!

Comments

[Hustleer]

can someone help me? im getting this error when I run the python code

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/mcasanas/Desktop/Mous.py", line 6, in
class Moustache(object):
File "/Users/mcasanas/Desktop/Mous.py", line 11, in Moustache
self.ser = serial.Serial('/dev/tty.usbmodemfa131', 19200)
NameError: name 'self' is not defined

[caarntedd]

Awesome! Moustache + technology = 5 stars!

[Andrew Arace]

hilarious, but have you thought of using the network shield to pull from the twitter directly, without the need for a computer & serial connection?
I had a arduino mod that would send a tweet whenever my home back door opened, so i could get the tweet when i was out - twitter alarm system, no computer required.

[woutervddn]

Do you still have the code for that project?

[TheoTTFF]

Does it work wirelessly?

[chicopluma]

change moustache for your name and your moustache will vibrate until you sneeze, so everytime someone twitts about you, you will sneeze

[JBZG]

"... or a real one that you ripped off your face"

Only if you happen to be Chuck Norris!

What if you spell it MOUSTACHE...will it still work!?

[JBZG]

...and yes that is me in my avatr pic...and it is a real moustache...grown in aid of male cancer research last year for Mo'vember...

[neffk]

Where's the video? I want to see it in use.

[PepperDust]

Seconded. Also, I'm gonna go make someone's mustache vibrate now.

I can see this technology being horribly abused.... ^_^

[Wasagi]

I love this, how can you go wrong with moustaches?

[cfullerton]

Can't I use my real mustache still attached to my face???

[broach]

Would you be willing to explore creating a 'sister' project to assist in the latest Canadian Cancer Society's cancer awareness campaign?

Here's the site and project description: http://julyna.com/

[emperos]

You should make basically the opposite of this, where it twitters what you say. It'd have a mike embedded in it, and it's hooked up to something with voice recognition software, so once you said a keyword, it would twitter what you said until you said the end keyword. That would be legit.

[martzsam]

This instructable was good up until the smoking reference. Go Quit.

[crapflinger]

how meta do you have to be to ironically make fun of the ironic?

*grumbles under his breath about hipsters ruining awesome mustaches for everyone*

[Grimarr]

Hipsters ruin everything. EVERYTHING.

[crapflinger]

at the very least everything i tend to like. like irony, archaic facial hair styles, snark, pointless tattoos...

[pdxnat]

Real world application of science! Love it!

[Cabe]

Damned wannaby hipsters!

Loving the instructable, I only wish my own 'tash would tweet!