http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/ Engadget Comments for USB-authenticated deadbolt lock promises to only let geeks pass http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/
Do you know how difficult it is to kick down a door with a locked deadbolt? By the time you actually get it down, everyone within 100 yards is going to know something is going on.]]>Oct 24th 2008 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/
"Hi, locksmith? er... do you know anything about computers?"]]>Oct 24th 2008 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/
No thanks, I would rather actually use a cryptographically strong system than a serial number I give away every time I use my thumb drive.]]>Oct 24th 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/
I must say, I've gotten spoiled at my place of work. We have these electronic 'badges' that you just position near a sensor and it unlocks the door. They are awesome, and it has made me into a complaining little bitch every time I come home and fidget through my key ring to find the outside key, then the room key...

Then the key won't fit in the stupid lock cause it's upside down and too dark out...]]>Oct 24th 2008 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/
pretty legit but a bit too complex.]]>Oct 24th 2008 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 27th 2008 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 25th 2008 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 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Nobody needs to say pedo stuff now. ]]>Oct 24th 2008 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/
My only issue with this is what happens if your lock loses power? it's not going to do a lot of authenticating then.]]>Oct 24th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 25th 2008 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/
That mechanism also needs to be made a lot smaller, battery powered and more robust. It's nice that they use household items to make these but my wife won't enjoy her Tupperware hanging off of the door ;)]]>Oct 24th 2008 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/
That'd be pretty cool.]]>Oct 24th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/Oct 24th 2008 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/24/usb-authenticated-deadbolt-lock-promises-to-only-let-geeks-pass/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparent_alumina

Manufacturing it in large scale economically is obviously the holy grail of a lot of researchers. In pop culture references, Scotty complained in Star Trek 6(? not a trekky, but the one with the whales) that our society was too primitive and as such hadn't developed this ideal material for making a giant whale tank for a time traveling starship.

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