Comments on: Hacking the doorbell http://rooreynolds.com/2008/05/14/hacking-the-doorbell/ What's Next? Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:16:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: jb http://rooreynolds.com/2008/05/14/hacking-the-doorbell/#comment-64768 jb Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:14:12 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/?p=583#comment-64768 Let me compare that to my setup :-) When someone rings the doorbell and i'm not at home a popup on my PC opens and shows the person at the door (when the PC is online). Otherwise I get an email with the photos. The doorcom calls my mobile phone and I can talk to that person. Of course I can open the door remotely... Or the garage when a mailmal wants to leave a parcel... Let me compare that to my setup :-)
When someone rings the doorbell and i’m not at home a popup on my PC opens and shows the person at the door (when the PC is online). Otherwise I get an email with the photos. The doorcom calls my mobile phone and I can talk to that person. Of course I can open the door remotely… Or the garage when a mailmal wants to leave a parcel…

]]> By: Wim L http://rooreynolds.com/2008/05/14/hacking-the-doorbell/#comment-64379 Wim L Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:34:40 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/?p=583#comment-64379 Knock-detectors: <a href="http://spritesmods.com/?art=knock2open" rel="nofollow">do-it-yourself</a> and <a href="http://www.knocklock.com/" rel="nofollow">commercial</a>. Knock-detectors: do-it-yourself and commercial.

]]> By: richieacc http://rooreynolds.com/2008/05/14/hacking-the-doorbell/#comment-64190 richieacc Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:40:32 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/?p=583#comment-64190 How about taking a webcam apart, and mounting the lens inside your peephole? Then, when the doorbell is rung, you can be emailed, or even MMS'd an image of the person at the door... How about taking a webcam apart, and mounting the lens inside your peephole? Then, when the doorbell is rung, you can be emailed, or even MMS’d an image of the person at the door…

]]> By: px-2 http://rooreynolds.com/2008/05/14/hacking-the-doorbell/#comment-64177 px-2 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:49:41 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/?p=583#comment-64177 Great idea. Could use an accelerometer chip instead of a piezo to detect knock. Great idea. Could use an accelerometer chip instead of a piezo to detect knock.

]]> By: Roo http://rooreynolds.com/2008/05/14/hacking-the-doorbell/#comment-47863 Roo Mon, 26 May 2008 23:09:30 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/?p=583#comment-47863 The hidden scales sound like fun. Combine it with a <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=639" rel="nofollow">rangefinder</a> and you could offer visitors a meal based on their Body Mass Index. I was actually looking at SMS operated door locks the other day, thinking that it would be handy to be able to go out without having to take keys. (Especially as I'm better at remembering my phone than my keys). My wife wasn't convinced. In fact, she said "I'm not paying 10p every time I want to open the front door". The hidden scales sound like fun. Combine it with a rangefinder and you could offer visitors a meal based on their Body Mass Index.

I was actually looking at SMS operated door locks the other day, thinking that it would be handy to be able to go out without having to take keys. (Especially as I’m better at remembering my phone than my keys). My wife wasn’t convinced. In fact, she said “I’m not paying 10p every time I want to open the front door”.

]]> By: Geoff http://rooreynolds.com/2008/05/14/hacking-the-doorbell/#comment-47810 Geoff Mon, 26 May 2008 15:13:09 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/?p=583#comment-47810 I always wanted an outside door mat that weighed whoever was standing there :-) I always wanted an outside door mat that weighed whoever was standing there :-)

]]> By: Geoff http://rooreynolds.com/2008/05/14/hacking-the-doorbell/#comment-47809 Geoff Mon, 26 May 2008 15:11:48 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/?p=583#comment-47809 It needs a converted cellphone with camera , so I can answer the door where ever I am, then a SMS operated door opener I can always be in for the parcels guy :-) It needs a converted cellphone with camera , so I can answer the door where ever I am, then a SMS operated door opener I can always be in for the parcels guy :-)

]]> By: Chris http://rooreynolds.com/2008/05/14/hacking-the-doorbell/#comment-47731 Chris Sun, 25 May 2008 22:19:05 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/?p=583#comment-47731 It seems that you might be able to get away with some sort of sound detector or something.. you would have most of the same problems with the analog nature of sound versus the analog nature of a vibrations. By that I mean to say that "when is a knock not really a knock?" (via sound.) But you would have to solve that question using vibrations, also, no? It seems that you might be able to get away with some sort of sound detector or something.. you would have most of the same problems with the analog nature of sound versus the analog nature of a vibrations. By that I mean to say that “when is a knock not really a knock?” (via sound.) But you would have to solve that question using vibrations, also, no?

]]> By: Roo http://rooreynolds.com/2008/05/14/hacking-the-doorbell/#comment-46794 Roo Wed, 14 May 2008 18:16:21 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/?p=583#comment-46794 Yes.. as I typed it I was thinking of piezo elements. I wonder if I could mount something in the wooden panel next to the door, and still pick up enough vibrations when the door is knocked... Yes.. as I typed it I was thinking of piezo elements. I wonder if I could mount something in the wooden panel next to the door, and still pick up enough vibrations when the door is knocked…

]]> By: Nick O'Leary http://rooreynolds.com/2008/05/14/hacking-the-doorbell/#comment-46792 Nick O'Leary Wed, 14 May 2008 17:31:27 +0000 http://rooreynolds.com/?p=583#comment-46792 "neither rung the doorbell nor <i>knocked on the door</i>." That has got me thinking... we need a vibration sensor for the cases where the visitor doesn't ring the bell but knocks instead. Could also be used to spot things being posted through the letterbox. “neither rung the doorbell nor knocked on the door.”

That has got me thinking… we need a vibration sensor for the cases where the visitor doesn’t ring the bell but knocks instead. Could also be used to spot things being posted through the letterbox.

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