Lockitron: $500K of Reservations in One Day

Post by paulgerhardt » Thu, Oct 04, 2012, 8:11 AM UTC

jpxxx wrote: post #76

paulgerhardt wrote: post #10

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We're experimenting with this feature and really want it to work. We will keep refining it going forward. One really needs two radios or some very clever math to determine which side of the door one is on. What we have done for our development version is set it up so it can be in one of three modes. Always on (for passageways) so it consistently locks as you walk up and unlocks as you walk away. Always off (always di…

You already have another radio: the Geolocation stack in the phone itself. It can't tell you precisely what side of the door you are on /now/ but it can certainly be used to infer how long you've been near the house and thus, where you're likely to be. So say if I've been GPS "home" for five minutes it assumes 'inside'. Then when a Bluetooth sense happens next it is extremely likely I'm going outside. Do not unlock.…

Post by dror » Thu, Oct 04, 2012, 9:25 AM UTC

niggler wrote: post #53

psychotik wrote: post #44

Not that I don't believe the fine folks at Lockitron, just a question about this Kickstarter-on-your-own-site thing that seems to be catching on. Since this isn't audited by an independent company (like Kickstarter) how do you blindly believe what the company says? Doing so would be a smart way to build more buzz, resulting in more success. PS: The blog is down, so I'm not sure if they presented any visual evidence,…

To be fair, it's not clear to what extent Kickstarter was actually auditing projects (in light of the various complaints)

Post by dgroves » Thu, Oct 04, 2012, 11:58 AM UTC

shabble wrote: post #64

paulgerhardt wrote: post #33

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Lockitron will send you a message when the door is unlocked, even if it's using a bump key.

I wonder what the minimum viable wifi-jammer is here? Have you considered any sort of pingdom style monitoring for that sort of thing? (Obviously, it's a really unlikely scenario right now, but if they can keep it off the air long enough to open the door and introduce it to Mr Big Hammer, notifications may not be forthcoming :) )

Post by btucker » Thu, Oct 04, 2012, 1:31 PM UTC

paulgerhardt wrote: post #81

jpxxx wrote: post #76

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You already have another radio: the Geolocation stack in the phone itself. It can't tell you precisely what side of the door you are on /now/ but it can certainly be used to infer how long you've been near the house and thus, where you're likely to be. So say if I've been GPS "home" for five minutes it assumes 'inside'. Then when a Bluetooth sense happens next it is extremely likely I'm going outside. Do not unlock.…

We gave something like this a shot (and missed). Collecting background GPS data and transmitting it to a third party service in the background is currently hard and battery intensive. Highlight does it though! There are some good ideas in here. Thank you.

Post by jpxxx » Thu, Oct 04, 2012, 2:50 PM UTC

paulgerhardt wrote: post #81

jpxxx wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You already have another radio: the Geolocation stack in the phone itself. It can't tell you precisely what side of the door you are on /now/ but it can certainly be used to infer how long you've been near the house and thus, where you're likely to be. So say if I've been GPS "home" for five minutes it assumes 'inside'. Then when a Bluetooth sense happens next it is extremely likely I'm going outside. Do not unlock.…

We gave something like this a shot (and missed). Collecting background GPS data and transmitting it to a third party service in the background is currently hard and battery intensive. Highlight does it though! There are some good ideas in here. Thank you.