Re: Automated front door lock?

["Chuck" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's a cool looking RFID lock for $299. It runs on batteries, and has
contacts on the outside for a 9 volt battery should the internal batteries
die unexpectedly...

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/77af/

"Marc F Hult" <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 16:52:29 -0400, "Robert Green"
> <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> <nYSdnbJlxNAMs2zfRVn-1Q@xxxxxxx>:
>
>>I got the feel the OP didn't want to fumble with anything but rather carry
>>something in his pocket that would unlock the door based on nothing but
>>proximity.
>
> Right. And he wanted to have the comings and goings recorded.
>
> There is an RFID system available for HomeSeer that does exactly this.
> Rather pricey, and wouldn't work unless PC and program running.
>
> http://www.iautomate.com/homeseer_rfid.html
>
> I considered it while they had a 2-fer during the beta testing. At current
> retail it is too expensive because owing to how my house is constructed,
> I'd
> need numerous detectors to be useful.
>
> A reactively "obscure" system like this *may* be OK for a while longer,
> but
> RFID can be surreptitiously read far beyond the rate distances under the
> right circumstances.
>
> http://rfidkills.com/
>
> Marc
> Marc_F_Hult
>
>
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