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The Intelligent Door Handle

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the opening-stuff-smarter dept.

Poromenos writes "Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have developed the intelligent door handle. It combines a camera, buzzer, RFID locks and various other systems inside the door, making keys obsolete. RFID chips for opening doors will offer 'added advantages for elderly or handicapped people, saving them the trouble of wielding keys or holding the door open in order to get inside the building.'"

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  1. Re:Keys are keys by bbrack · · Score: 3, Informative

    FYI, low powered RFID devices don't need any battery, so they should last pretty much forever - the transponders are powered by induction from the scanner

    MTTF on the circuit is probably in the dozens (if not the hundreds) of years

    Have you ever tried to get in a dorm if/when the power happens to go out?

    [I was locked once locked out of my dorm for a few hours in freezing weather when the power went out halfway through my freshman year]