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One Key locks all. Similar to a cars central locking system.
When leaving the house, all locks and window systems lock
with one key. Alleviating elaborate multi checking routines.
Lock and away, with the turn of a key. It must be already
done but couldn't find a link.
Channel 4: Better by Design
http://195.216.14.1...security/story.html
Baked [hippo, Nov 18 2001, last modified Oct 17 2004]
Mila Centralock
http://www.centralock.com
Central locking For Your Home [chris77, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]
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Good idea, It'd save me ages looking for window keys and the like |
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Unfortunately I don't have window keys but I forever leave
my back door open (not even closed) slightly worring...
and come home to find many tom cats in my kitchen
eating "Franks" (femanine for frankie) food which she
leaves when older than 5 mins. Maybe I should adapt my
idea for "cats out of the house before locking". I would
hate to trap them in! Maybe a hissing noise should be
sounded before the locking device activates. |
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Or just have it release a anasthetic gas into the house. Should keep the cats quiet. |
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'an" anaesthetic gas wouldn't work too well as it has to
be administered in close proximity. I think a shuuuuuuu,
shuuuuu noise would work better. I wouldn't want to
come home and find several tom cats strewned around
the house in recovery position. Better to flush them out
me thinks. |
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Baked - see link. This was the subject of a popular TV
programme on design in the UK (The designers - Seymour
& Powell - were also popular for the bra which was
referred to over in "Anti-Gravity Bra"). |
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Thanks hippo, just a bit too late on this one, I could have
made a fortune.
Maybe I should come up with an "all cats present and
correct sir, meter" to head count pets before leaving the
house and throw out the strays. |
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It shouldn't be too hard to do with solenoids... |
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I'd like the meter m'self... |
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[UB] I am concerned for the cat on the window ledge happily sunning itself - half in half out, when the giant guillotine swishes down..... |
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I am looking forward to the conversation between the Film Noir Central Locking house and that cat. |
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I had my floorboards up at the weekend while I was laying cables. Surprisingly, when I replaced them, I still had the same number of cats as before. |
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Watch out. We lost about 2000 ft of cat 5 that way. |
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Does anybody other than me picture a house flashing its twin porch-lights orange to show it is locked and alarmed, while making a <bwoop><bwoop> noise? |
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There is some serious research going on in this area. See www.electric-latch.com |
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We have developed a wirefree central locking system for the home called Centralock. Visit www.centralock.com for more information. |
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I thought up this very idea, which i
thought was great, so i posted it. Then i
noticed yours. Damn. |
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