The Lord of the Keys

'Dan F' on Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:56:32 GMT, sez:

Glowing keys would rock my world! I'd like them to be biometric aware too (is that the correct term?) so that it'd have to be *my* [drunken] thumb holding them before they glowed next to the lock.

'Farmer Jeb' on Tue, 23 Nov 2004 01:16:40 GMT, sez:

I think it would just be a simple matter of fundamentally changing society so that nobody even needed to lock their doors. (We'd still need doors to keep out bad weather.)

'secretGeek' on Tue, 23 Nov 2004 01:42:43 GMT, sez:

But Dan F -- this doesn't take into account the situation where you go home, drunk, and try to get in using someone else's thumb.

Yes Jeb. The threat of sudden alien invasion must also be taken into account of course. But otherwise, this sounds like a decent solution.

'CamDS' on Tue, 23 Nov 2004 02:31:39 GMT, sez:

Maybe when called your door to let you in it wouldn't let you in without the password... "Open Sesame!" it worked for Ali Baba! Surely that would solve all the security issues...

'Benjimawoo' on Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:31:04 GMT, sez:

CamDS - But then you'd end up with the same thing you have now with passwords.

'Dammit. What is it for this door?'
'LetMeIn!'
'MyPassword12'
'Blank' (to get through the sa door ;-))
'MyDaughter'sName347'

Once you add a few ales, you'll be standing on your porch all weekend!

'JonR' on Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:04:11 GMT, sez:

having a bunch of keys, with one or two "useful" keyrings, makes it socially acceptable for me to be always carrying a bottle opener.

'sg' on Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:20:26 GMT, sez:

hey JonR

just get like a nippel piercing and hang a bottle opener off it.

('nippel' is the cool French spelling of nipple, by the way)

then get like a tongue piercing and hang a six pack of beers of it.

and as far as i can see, you're set.

'Aydsman' on Wed, 01 Dec 2004 08:49:43 GMT, sez:

Hey,

While your glowing key idea rocks, I think the solution you may be looking for here is this:

http://www.homeproductsnmore.com/doorshardwarenet/remotelock_BrightBrassDeadbolt_KF-01P.htm

Then all you need is to find somewhere to put all the little remote key-fobs :)

'secretGeek' on Wed, 08 Dec 2004 22:38:38 GMT, sez:

another idea along these lines is to have a small printer just inside your door which reprograms your locks and prints out a fresh 'Quick Response Code' (ie. 2d barcode) each day, on a small piece of paper (or sticker).

To get inside there is a barcode reader on the outside of your door.

'Changing the locks' is as simple as printing a new Quick Response Code.

Your mobile phone could transmit this code to the door, too, as a secondary way of opening the door.

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