If you watch the video you can see that the RSS code is used to receive RSS feeds (I guess for those people who don't have internet access) and the Twitter auth is used similarly to receive Twitter updates (e.g. they show :twittersearch=#syria)
The video is quite interesting, it shows the proof of concept.
I agree about the source code though, they have tried too hard being "lulz" at the expense of readability.
This project is very, very interesting. Unfortunately it requires some investment in the radio equipment, but I can see in a few months some Arduino bundles with this code and the radio antenna...
I may have been too harsh in my original reply also; the author has some comments on github about a code review that was done: http://cl.ly/2A0b093d3i3N
The video is quite interesting, it shows the proof of concept.
I agree about the source code though, they have tried too hard being "lulz" at the expense of readability.
This project is very, very interesting. Unfortunately it requires some investment in the radio equipment, but I can see in a few months some Arduino bundles with this code and the radio antenna...