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. 

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!

First you gotta make the 'stache vibrate. 

Solder some wires to your motor so you can attach it to the arduino easier. I used small solid-core, but this is a free country DO WHATEVER YOU WANT!

PROTIP: use your lighter to strip off the small wires. The plastic will just crumble off. Once your done you can use your lighter to light your american spirit cigarette. What? you're still smoking camels? how lame. 

Next i took a drinking straw and put it around the motor, i did this because the stache' hairs get caught in the motor otherwise. 

Lastly i took some hot glue and told that motor whos boss, but attaching it to the stache' Celebrate by throwing on some MGMT on that vintage ipod from 2006

I could have used ruby, but ruby is for wannabe hipsters who hang out on in North Beach and think Chipotle is a "real" burrito place. 
I explained this in more detail in My Twittering coffee pot instructable, check that one out if you're having trouble

Python is mad fresh, Here's the code for that. Just run in a terminal on your Computer:

import twitter
import serial
import time

 
class Moustache(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.api = twitter.Api(consumer_key='jWa7GzYNHjI2FVocKNgNig', consumer_secret='PUT_HERE', access_token_key='PUT_HERE', access_token_secret='PUT_HERE')
        self.status = []
        self.status2 = []
	self.ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyUSB0', 19200)

    def finder(self):

        twit = self.api.GetSearch(term = '#mustache')
        print twit

        self.status = [s.text for s in twit] ##put status in an array                                                                                                                                             
        print self.status

        if self.status == self.status2:
            print 'Awaiting Tweet'
            self.ser.write('0')
        else:
            print 'Mustache Found'
            self.status2 = self.status
            self.ser.write('1')		
if __name__ == "__main__":

    print 'Welcome To Mustache Finder!'

    m = Moustache()

    while 1:
        m.finder()
        time.sleep(5)

The Python using the Python-Twitter Library searches recent tweets with #mustache and then gives a signal to serial to interact with the arduino. While this code is running your arduino along with mustache module should be connected.

The arduino code is here, to be uploaded to your arduino:

int relayPin =  13;    // LED connected to digital pin 13
int incomingByte = 0; //declare incoming byte
// The setup() method runs once, when the sketch starts

void setup()   {                
  // initialize the digital pin as an output:
  pinMode(relayPin, OUTPUT); 
  Serial.begin(19200);           // set up Serial library at 19200 bps
  
  Serial.println("Arduino is ready!");  
}

// the loop() method runs over and over again,
// as long as the Arduino has power

void loop()                     
{
  if (Serial.available() > 0) {
		// read the incoming byte:
	incomingByte = Serial.read();
        Serial.println(incomingByte);
        if (incomingByte == 49){
          digitalWrite(relayPin, HIGH);
        } else {
          digitalWrite(relayPin, LOW);
        }
       
        // say what you got:
	Serial.print("I received: ");
	Serial.println(incomingByte, DEC);
  }
}
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Once all that is done, you should feel the tweets pour in. 

Wire it all together, run the code on your computer and arduino and you're done.

You now have the dankest vibrating mustache in the land, and you can know exactly when someone it talking about a 'stache on the twitterverse. 

Hope you had fun, i'm out, i gotta alleycat dive bar race to go to.