Evolution Touchscreen Key Lock
It was only a matter of time before someone came up with a touchscreen door look. We already have touchscreen phones, mp3 players, computers, etc… Thanks to ASSA ALBOY the makers of Arrow Lock line of locks we now have the Evolution touchscreen lock.
They have an online demo for the lock which is kind of boring and rather than waste your time playing with it yourself I’ve included a video clip of it below of me playing with it.
On that same website with the demo you can also watch some videos they have of the touchscreen lock, but they are mostly just marketing / hype videos that don’t show anything practical or useful.
There’s no word on pricing, but as locks go this is probably amongst the fanciest home locks you could get for yourself. I love how people are implementing all kinds of technology into traditionally “boring” products (like laser guided scissors), but even I had to think about the usefulness of this product in the home. 2 things bothered me:
- While it is convenient to just memorize your key combination there are already similar products that do this and probably will cost less
- Can’t someone just look over your shoulder to figure out how to get in your house? Or just sit across the street with a pair of binoculars? I don’t know how safe that would make me feel.
It’s probably because of these concerns that they don’t really market this as a great home product. They list the applications for this lock as being good for locations where you need to limit access to groups of people such as:
- Schools
- Healthcare facilities
- Government facilities
- Retail environments
- etc…
What would be a little cooler is if this touchscreen lock also integrated some form of biometric security at the same time. So as you push the numbers it also scans your finger prints making sure you are an authorized user. If you are it greets you with a “hello” and says your actual name. If you are not authorized it will zap you with 14,000 volts of electricity.
Thanks to ChipChick for the heads up…
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