NirusLaboratories
E2Test chambers
ACTIVE 05/ 16

The door that knows you

Test chamber 05. Please come in. Or don’t.

The door that knows you

The front door has a motor and a small computer. Opening it works with the phone: finger or face, door open. No key in your pocket, no password in your head, no note under the mat.

Passwords0
Sign-inPasskey
EmergencyKey
Logevery opening

Experimental setup

  1. 01
    The door. A small computer at the door drives the motor and knows whether the door is open or shut.
  2. 02
    The page. On the phone there is a small web page with “Open” and “Close”. You sign in with Pocket ID, the lab’s passkey login: Face ID or fingerprint, done.
  3. 03
    Who may, when. Every person has an account of their own. There are schedules, and every opening ends up in the log.
  4. 04
    When everything fails. Then the door opens the old-fashioned way, with the key. That always works.

On video

Locking and unlocking with the phone, no sound

Evidence

2018: the first attempt, in a wooden crate
2018: the first attempt, in a wooden crate
2018: at the workbench
2018: at the workbench
Later: a Raspberry Pi and a board of our own
Later: a Raspberry Pi and a board of our own
Everything plugged together
Everything plugged together
The drive: motor and threaded rod
The drive: motor and threaded rod

Why?

Because keys get lost and passwords end up on notes. A passkey stays on the phone and cannot be copied down.

The code

The door’s software is open. There are two parts: the program on the Raspberry Pi that drives the motor, and the web page with the accounts, schedules and the log.

Test result

Operational. The test subject still carries the key anyway. Out of habit.

Code of the door (Pi) Code of the web page