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Beyond Door Thousand 14 - Hurry Up In That Bathroom!

If you had a dollar for every minute you spent outside the bathroom door, twiddling your thumbs, watching the clock tick down towards the minute you were supposed to be at work (or past that minute), waiting for your blooming brother or husband to finish waxing their legs and let you have a shower, would you be rich?! Well, if anybody ever gives you all those dollars, you can buy one of these self-unlocking timers for your bathroom door. What’s more, if somebody stays in the bathroom over their allotted time, the door doesn’t just unlock to reveal them in all their leg-waxy, hair-dyeish,...

Luce, A Better Design Than The iPhone?

I have a special place in my heart for our next door-related product. It is a lock after my own mind and personality - if I were some sort of door product, I would certainly be married to this lever handle! It has been hailed as having an even better design that Apple’s iPhone (nerny nerny ner ner!), and it is known as the Luce. Great name, huh? All the best bloggers have it It is slim (sort of like me), touch-sensitive (yep), and digital (maybe not so much). It was unveiled recently by Seoul Commtech, and covered by AVING news network.

Beyond Door Thousand 10 - Never, Ever, Ever Forget Your Keys

Those traditional door knobs and locks sure look pretty, but in this age of technology, there are plenty of people that have decided that they don’t want people breaking into their house and stealing all of the technology that lies within! There are also plenty of people that have made lock picking an art form - but this is not possible with this new radio frequency identifiable door lock. This very handy, and somewhat scary door lock, has keys that emit a specific radio frequency (from what we can deduce), which opens the door at close range. Pity if you happen to forget your keys … re-entry...