That would be awesome, but more expensive and prone to failure than what we’re using now. I expect this is the primary reason we are still mostly using purely mechanical systems. My “automate everything” is in conflict with my “simpler is usually better” in this case.
I almost made a comment about security (which would be not-very-good given our current technology), but then I realized a couple of things:
I’ve studied lockpicking so I know exactly how secure our current systems are. (It’s shockingly bad, BTW. You’d be hard pressed to actually find something that was more-than-trivially worse than the usual 4-pin tumbler locks.)
You’d need a mechanical backup for when the controller was down due to lack of power (and the fact that they would probably end up all running a full install of Windows for no good design reason. #cinicism) The mechanical backup would probably be exactly as secure as the mechanical systems we are currently using: not at all.
I suspect there is at least as much “cultural inertia” at play as the costs and reliability aspect. I think one might find that type of resistance even for the shift to using a foot petal for open doors. It’s a bit of the out of sight out of mind situation. Oddly, for me, I frequently find myself walking up to a door only to realize it is not opening and I hesitate waiting for it to start before I realize I have to open it myself!
Will be interesting to see if, assuming things do get as bad as everyone seems to be making this to be, we see those types of operational/behavior changes propagating within societies.
I suspect there is at least as much “cultural inertia” at play as the costs and reliability aspect.
That may well be. “But we’ve always done it this way” is one of the most annoying things people say to me on a regular basis. (I often forget where the metaphorical box is that I’m typically presumed by other people to be thinking in.)
Will be interesting to see if, assuming things do get as bad as everyone seems to be making this to be, we see those types of operational/behavior changes propagating within societies.
Agreed. Tho, I plan on examining implementation of foot-operated doors in my home if it turns out to be reasonable, just for the convenience if nothing else. Just because nobody else is doing it right now hasn’t ever stopped me from making improvements on my own if I can!
That would be awesome, but more expensive and prone to failure than what we’re using now. I expect this is the primary reason we are still mostly using purely mechanical systems. My “automate everything” is in conflict with my “simpler is usually better” in this case.
I almost made a comment about security (which would be not-very-good given our current technology), but then I realized a couple of things:
I’ve studied lockpicking so I know exactly how secure our current systems are. (It’s shockingly bad, BTW. You’d be hard pressed to actually find something that was more-than-trivially worse than the usual 4-pin tumbler locks.)
You’d need a mechanical backup for when the controller was down due to lack of power (and the fact that they would probably end up all running a full install of Windows for no good design reason. #cinicism) The mechanical backup would probably be exactly as secure as the mechanical systems we are currently using: not at all.
I suspect there is at least as much “cultural inertia” at play as the costs and reliability aspect. I think one might find that type of resistance even for the shift to using a foot petal for open doors. It’s a bit of the out of sight out of mind situation. Oddly, for me, I frequently find myself walking up to a door only to realize it is not opening and I hesitate waiting for it to start before I realize I have to open it myself!
Will be interesting to see if, assuming things do get as bad as everyone seems to be making this to be, we see those types of operational/behavior changes propagating within societies.
That may well be. “But we’ve always done it this way” is one of the most annoying things people say to me on a regular basis. (I often forget where the metaphorical box is that I’m typically presumed by other people to be thinking in.)
Agreed. Tho, I plan on examining implementation of foot-operated doors in my home if it turns out to be reasonable, just for the convenience if nothing else. Just because nobody else is doing it right now hasn’t ever stopped me from making improvements on my own if I can!