The cat-flap that broadcasts its cats movements via Twitter

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From this morning's Metro online...

The cat-flap that broadcasts its cats movements via Twitter

Cats - while they may be the LOL fuel that keeps the engines of the internet going, they're notoriously hard critters to keep track of, frequently living double lives in multiple households.

So, in an effort to prevent neighbourhood cats from sneakily stealing his own pets' food, one clever cat owner has rigged up a cat flap that only allows authorised cats (identified using RFID tags) through, and sends real-time information about the cat-flap usage to the internet.

Naturally, this being 2009, the information is sent directly to Twitter, so the entire world can follow the cats' daily peregrinations via messages like 'Gus is out to sit on the porch' and 'Penny is in to vomit in owners shoes.'

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