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Plexidor is Automatic Star Trek-Like Door for Your Pets (and Only Yours)
Posted by Kit Eaton at 6:31 PM on July 28, 2008
Now, if this door makes the classic Pphssshshm Star Trek door noise when it opens and shuts, the manufacturers are onto a winner. It sounds like a neat solution for dogs and cats that like to roam: you pop a weatherproof RFID tag in their collar, and when they approach the Plexidor pet door it automatically slides up to let your pets in or out. Its safety mechanism means it won't guillotine your pet if they dawdle, and it shuts automatically so you only get your animals in your home. It's made of the same stuff as football helmets, so it should withstand some tough weather, and it's available now for between US$130 and US$800, depending on features and size. [Electronic House]
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skiterr
Posted 7:36 PM 28/7/08
I know people that used the doggie door to get back into the house after they go locked out. I think there was alcohol involved.
I wonder how quickly it opens up... my dogs tend to go through the doggie door at full speed...
skiterr
ttech10
Posted 7:18 PM 28/7/08
I wonder if I could fit through the large sized one... that would make so many things much easier.
ttech10
siville
Posted 8:46 PM 28/7/08
I SOOOOOOO want one of these for my front door! Please make a man-size version with sidelights and some fancy decorative glass that my wife would like too!
siville
Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy
Posted 9:53 PM 28/7/08
Screw RFID, I want it to open and close when I make the door noise, like in Airplane:2.
Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy
aeroworks
Posted 9:41 PM 28/7/08
ill take note of this when i your houses ;)
aeroworks
Barcard
Posted 10:43 PM 28/7/08
My cats have lost so many collars (and rabies/ID tags). Could we just inject the RFID chip under their skin, like vets do with ID chips for cats and dogs?
Barcard
uhm...Bob
Posted 11:31 PM 28/7/08
!!!Warning: An ill-timed power surge may lead to decapitation. To avoid this please choose the $800 model!!!
uhm...Bob
Munch the BanNail
Posted 11:29 PM 28/7/08
What an awesome idea. They say that the best way to keep your dog from getting stung to death (by killer bees for my brethren in the southern US) is to install a doggie door. That one looks like it would be quite effective in sealing out bees.
Munch the BanNail
Y2KGTP
Posted 12:06 AM 29/7/08
We need RFID doorknobs.
Y2KGTP
godwhacker
Posted 1:13 AM 29/7/08
yup, not yuo......need coffee
godwhacker
godwhacker
Posted 1:12 AM 29/7/08
@skiterr:
yuo mine go thru the door at full speed as well, if it did work as advertised, it would save some coins on the heating bills in the winter.
godwhacker
DeanOfAllTrades
Posted 1:40 AM 29/7/08
I want one with a biometric paw print identifier.
DeanOfAllTrades
bucho54
Posted 1:36 AM 29/7/08
This is cool, but look at the size of the thing!!! There is no way I would want to look at that monstrosity on my door. It looks like they even had to relocate the peephole to the side of the pet-door.
bucho54
HoseHead
Posted 2:20 AM 29/7/08
so what happens when somebody robs the RFID from my dog and walks in through that door?
HoseHead
bagumpity
Posted 2:50 AM 29/7/08
@HoseHead: Yah.
Nice doggy. Niiiice. Here's a steak- Can I have your collar?
bagumpity
AdmNaismith
Posted 6:22 AM 29/7/08
There is another doggie-door that works on the same principle, with one big exception-
the other design simply swings from a hinge on top and has a latch mechanism activated by a collar tag.
I think it's meant for smaller dogs, but seems more user friendly as the dog can run at it full-speed without having to wait for it to open, it just unlatches.
AdmNaismith
Accelerata
Posted 7:33 AM 29/7/08
my friend tried to use one of these things as a creative solution to a cat problem. he had one huge cat and one small cat, and the large one would always steal the food of the smaller one. so he thought he'd be clever and install one of these doors on a kitty carrier and put the smaller cat's food inside. the big cat wouldn't have the rfid tag, so it couldn't get to the food right? not quite. the big cat hid nearby and when the small cat came close enough to trigger the door, it would sprint up, bodycheck the small one out of the way and go inside to eat the food. i love how technology always does what we say, and not what we mean :)
Accelerata