Tweeting car possibly not massive waste of time

"Ford, looking for a way to make themselves look modern and interesting, have rigged up a Fiesta with sensors and made it post messages on Twitter as it drives.

It refers to itself in the third person as AJ, following the science fiction rule that low-grade artificial intelligence can't work out pronouns. Run low on petrol and it announces to the world: 'AJ is about to die! (Fuel level is 14%)'. Leave the windscreen wipers off and the 588 people who are following it are informed that 'No rain ...