This collaboration with BubbleSort Zines! is a kit that will help you connect a toy bird (or any animal you want, really) to your Twitter app using an Arduino, so you'll hear a LITERAL tweet IRL whenever you get mentions! It's the Literal Twitter Bot Kit -- a great way to learn about embedded programming and hardware hacking.

Bring your tweets to life using your favorite stuffed toy, Beanie Baby, Circuit Playground plushie, or even a taxidermy bird for the Twitter originalists out there.

Kit includes:

• Premium Male/Male Jumper Wires - 20 x 3" (75mm) x1
• USB Cable - Standard A-B - 3 ft/1m x1
• Arduino Uno R3 (Atmega328 - assembled) x1
• Half-size breadboard x1
• Plastic mounting plate for breadboard and Arduino x1
• NPN Bipolar Transistors - 10 pack
• Tactile Switch Buttons (6mm slim) - 20 pack
• Large Enclosed Piezo Element w/Wires x1
• Through-Hole Resistors - 470 ohm 5% 1/4W - 25 pack