Putting Twitter’s World to Use
April 14, 2009 | Source: New York Times
Pairing sensors with Twitter leads some to think Twitter could be used to send home security alerts or tell doctors when a patient’s blood sugar or heart rate climbs too high. In the aggregate, such real-time data streams could aid medical researchers.
Already, doctors use Twitter to ask for help and share information about procedures, while companies like Dell, Starbucks and Microsoft are using it for customer service and market research.