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Lockitron has just outed a new cellphone-controlled keyless entry system, sporting a raft of new bells and wireless whistles. The WiFi-connected product mounts over your existing deadbolt “in seconds,” according to the company, and lets you or those you trust control your lock from anywhere in the world from a cellphone or the internet. You can also unlock your door without lifting a finger if you have an iPhone 4S or 5, as the Lockitron will sense your approach using Bluetooth 4.0 – a feature that may extend to NFC and Android devices in the future, too. To top it off, the system can notify you when a friend or relative returns home, and it has a knock sensor to let you know if someone’s come by to visit. Lockitron exceeded its self-imposed minimum order limit by 250 percent in less than a day, so if you’d like to pre-order one at the current $149 price and get it for March 2013, hit the source.
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