Java Balloon Project – using twitter in an unusual way

By Nischal Shetty on September 22nd, 2009

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The Java Balloon Project is not exactly the kind of twitter application that you as an end user would use. This is something that has never been attempted before and probably would not be done again!

A company in Bucharest, Romania built a custom iPhone twitter application that would take pics at regular intervals and post them to Twitter. The iPhone with the custom application installed was tied to a helium balloon and let off.

By doing this, the company claims to have created the “highest twitter client ever”.

It’s a fun project and you can check out the pics that the iPhone tweeted automatically @javabaloon

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The highest twitter client ever
iPhone with custom twitter app tied to a helium balloon
Snaps taken every minute and posted to twitter account

Java Balloon Project Says

An IPhone attached to a Helium filled balloon, live-twetting a photo every minute on the @javabaloon twitter account. The project was presented on the 18th of September 2009, during the WebStock event, a local Bucharest IT conference, as a live example for unusual Twitter applications

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Nischal Shetty

Founder of twi5.com. I'm a twitter addict and I love trying out new twitter applications. I write small, stupid twitter rhymes once a while. Follow me on twitter @NischalShetty. You can follow @twi5 for updates on new twitter apps.

7 Responses to “Java Balloon Project – using twitter in an unusual way”

Twitter News Central .com » Blog Archive » Helium balloon automatically posting photos to Twitter
September 22, 2009 at 11:05 am | Permalink

[...] Twi5 reports that a Romanian company has installed a custom application in an iPhone, attached the iPhone to a helium balloon, and is going to send the balloon on it’s way, with orders to post photos to Twitter (via TwitPic) on a regular basis. You can follow the balloon on Twitter here. Thread Tags: application, baloon, custom, follow, iphone, launch, photos, post, regular, romanian, twitpic, twitter This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 at 6:35 am and is filed under Apps, Nonsens. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [...]
viorelspinu (Viorel Spinu)
September 22, 2009 at 12:30 pm | Permalink

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@javabaloon has been featured again on twi5 -> [link to post]

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alinacst (alina constantinescu)
September 22, 2009 at 12:34 pm | Permalink

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nu am vazut inca pozele RT @ViorelSpinu: @javabaloon has been featured again on twi5 -> [link to post]

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viorelspinu (Viorel Spinu)
September 22, 2009 at 1:09 pm | Permalink

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@alinacst uite aici pozele -> http://www.sety.ro/baloon.html si http://twitter.com/javabaloon

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September 24, 2009 at 6:00 pm | Permalink

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September 24, 2009 at 6:04 pm | Permalink

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