Central locking on cars........ can you get a similar type of lock for your house front door?

It's possible they are sold for residential application, though I haven't seen one yet.





The "monitoring" might not strictly be neccesary, but certainly in a commercial sense there are varieties. One on my job sites uses a Mag Lock system, but has to be activated with a "FOB" (key) scanned over a sensor. The locking mechanism itself is pretty simple; just an electro magnet/plate, approx. 3 x 6? That has been as effective as any I've seen.





Certainly there might also be garage door opener types, or servo motor types, as well, but I can't see the economy in any. Beyond that, any system that depends on electricity would depend on that electricty being "ON" 24/7. In the case of many systems, you might either have NO access, if "locks" remained so, in a power failure, OR, your House would be completely UN locked in any power outages.





Then one more, which I find totally inefficient/ Key card keys, as used in hotels.





Of course you could spend more and get a Finger print scanner device, or a retinal scanner.





On a light hearted note, related to the future of technology, there was a recent TV ad that showed Voice activation technology, not yet available. The fun example was a young lady, arms full, hand holding a cup of beverage, apparently going to work, saying "Doors Open". Of course they didn't and the coffee ended up on the young lady who ended up spilled onto the entry walk.





Steven Wolf|||Don't be so lazy.|||lol good question get inventing one mate|||Yes you can, I saw one in B%26amp;Q (Home Depot to the US) on Friday.|||Yes but is not economic for the average person as it will required a paid monitoring station, because if you forget your password or come home for one too many how are you going to enter. You can use a key but what if you loose it? You will need to re key the whole house. Malls, food stores, and many large stores use central lock systems but they also have the money to do it.|||Don't know but that is a brilliant idea..if you manufacture one then i would be a customer!


happy Xmas to you|||you might be able to do this without a key if you choose one with finger print recognition|||yes, you can get all you doors re-keyed so you only have one. and yes they have little key-fob remotes to unlock your door.|||Yeah you can - have a look at B%26amp;Q, or Google "home automation".





You could even go one step further and have a tiny chip (the size of a grain of rice) in your hand which automatically unlocks the doors for you and more - RFID. AWESOME, but extremely lazy!|||Take a look at this:





http://www.smarthome.com/51891n.html





--Jim