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    Lock, Unlock: An Arduino-powered robotic lock

    John Biggs

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    Biggs is the East Coast Editor of TechCrunch. Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches. He is the former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. You can Tweet him here and G+ him here. Email him directly at... → Learn More

    Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
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    http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7504447&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

    Arduino-Controlled Lock from nootropicdesign on Vimeo.

    This kit uses a CD-ROM drive and an Arduino board to build a clever robotic lock. This dude used a bolt to create the project and it’s voice activated.

    I’d be a little worried that anyone could come up to the device and say “Unlock,” but what do I know about robotics. Also, that bolt looks flimsy. Maybe he could make a new system that shoots spikes through the floor?

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