Comments on: RFID dorm room door

By: amerikan kapı

amerikan kapı — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:09:39 +0000

Thanks for bringing that up again! Really interesting (and/or likewise frustrating) to note all these problems in everyday situations.

By: Rickard 5

Rickard 5 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:01:36 +0000

“just implant the chip into your dog. then use the dog to open the door.”

That is Pretty Slick, But why not Key the lock to the RFID Chip, the Government implanted in you when you got you State Mandated Inoculation shots as a kid ?then you’d never loose your RFID Key !

By: aaron

aaron — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:43:55 +0000

Dogs as keys… I like it

By: hitpenguin

hitpenguin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:02:35 +0000

“well now you can implant them in your hand, like they do with dogs.”

Sif. just implant the chip into your dog. then use the dog to open the door.

given it would have to be a small dog. but it work work none the less.

By: Raged

Raged — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:34:59 +0000

amk: what about using the scratch input and having a custom shape or knock pattern? since the door is solid/hollow the noise should travel to both sides of the door. ie. knock, circle circle square knock.

By: Plague420

Plague420 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:20:59 +0000

Well now you can implant them in your hand, like they do with dogs.

By: Nick Caiello

Nick Caiello — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:16:02 +0000

While this is definitely very cool, I am going to have to agree with amk on this one.

By: amk

amk — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:03:49 +0000

the touch thing you posted last year was better, because losing your RFID tag is just as easy as losing your keys :)

By: webkraller

webkraller — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:26:26 +0000

My question is how effective are the suction cups? I have used them before in past projects but never for something requiring an absolute position. It seems after a while the box would at best move and not be able to open the door, or at worst fall off the mirror completely…

That being said, nice project!

By: Raged

Raged — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:54:50 +0000

I’m surprised they couldn’t find an easy way to also lock the door. ie the old string on the bottom of the knob to lock. You’d have to take into affect with slack, but I’m sure there’s ways around it.