Tag: door
Useless feature of the Week: Schlage and its internet-opening door lock
Have you ever wanted to unlock the front door of your house via the internet? Have you? Have you?
I doubt you have. If you have, you’re MAD. I certainly haven’t, but someone who works for lock specialist Schlage has – hence the arrival of the LiNK deadbolt…
VIDEO: Lock and unlock your door with a Nintendo controller
Got an Arduino, a spare CD-ROM drive and an old NES lying around? How do you feel about making yourself a nifty security system out of it?
It’s not as ridiculous as it sounds, and Instructables has the ‘how-to’ guide. You’ll also need a webcam, small speaker, and a bunch of random wiring. Soon, you’ll be foiling would-be intruders with your geek skillz.
Nintendo Keyless Entry System (via CrunchGear)
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Mucking about with the revolving door creates free electricity
Continuing today’s impromptu self-powering theme we have this from Fluxxlab. It’s a method of generating power for your home – or someone else’s office – by fitting a little charger to a revolving door.
So as you and your gerbil-like friends and employees turn the door, a flood of free electricity charges up all your batteries and keeps your stuff switched on for free…
