iDoor – iPhone Controlled Hydraulic Door
Opening up the door to your dorm room?
There’s an app for that.
Here’s the story of iDoor, the iPhone controlled hydraulic dorm room door. Enjoy. Credits to Greg Schroll for most of the hardware.
Life at MIT can be tough. With all the problem sets, and projects taking up time, when I come back to my dorm room to crash, I don’t want to waste time opening doors myself! That’s why my room is outfitted with an iPhone controlled hydraulic door opener and unlocker. Just tap the “iDoor” app on my phone’s home screen, and the door opens for me. Its 2009 after all, about time we stopped carrying around shaped bits of metal to open up locked doors.
Chris Varenhort’s iPhone has one special app…
When security isn’t my chief concern, I can even ditch the phone altogether and just give iDoor a ‘secret’ knock (not so secret any more) and let the vibration sensor trigger the door opening. See the video above for the full run through.