Baby used Twitter from the womb
A baby has become the youngest person in the world to use Twitter, by doing it from the womb.
Every time little Tyler kicked mum-to-be Ellen Menscher it also sent an update to the social networking site which is popular with celebs like Jonathon Ross and Stephen Fry.
But where Jonathan Ross tells people when he has broken wind Tyler's updates would say "I kicked Mommy" followed by a date and time.
Ellen, an attorney from New York, wore a belt which contained sensors and electronics to monitor the movements of her baby and broadcast what was happening over the internet.
And even though Tyler hadn't been born his Tweets were still more interesting than most people who just say 'there's a big queue in Starbucks' or 'my cat just rolled over.'
The device is essentially an elasticated belt fitted with two sensors connected to a micro-controller. When a kick is strong enough the vibrations find their way wirelessly to Twitter which in turn sends a text message to dad Coreys iPhone.
"After Ellen first began to feel the baby kick, she'd always ask me to come and touch her belly to feel it. But it took a few weeks for those tiny movements to get strong enough to be felt by my hands," he said.
Corey, a 35-year-old Interactive Telecommunications student from New York University also told friends and family they could log onto Tyler's Twitter blog to check on his activity.
But little did he know Tyler would become an internet star with over 600 people from all around the world also choosing to be updated every time he kicked Ellen.
Last week Tyler was born weighing 8lbs 3oz and is already updating a new Twitter account @minimensch, with a little help from dad.
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