Very cool electro-mech door access hack with an iPhone

Oct. 5, 2009

I'm pretty impressed with what this MIT student has done in the spare time to hack together a unique dorm room access control system such that he allows the door to be actuated by a key, a secret knock, or the use of an iPhone app. Best of all, it seems he even built the mechanical/hydraulic door actuator. Pop Sci has a good article on it or watch the embedded video below.

Someone in the industry, go grab him as an intern or an employee! We need this kind of innovation!

-Geoff

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Geoff Kohl

Geoff Kohl

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Geoff Kohl is the Marketing Director for the Security Industry Association (SIA). He is the former Editor-in-Chief of SecurityInfoWatch.com

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