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    Default 340-year-old smart lock w/ video

    Some of you may have seen this write up but I wanted to share with others that hadn't. A neat lock from 1680. Gantry

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    http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/8/148...k-17th-century

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    QUOTE: "it's called a "detector" because it features a dial which counts the number of times it's been opened without the owners consent"

    A very neat lock indeed Gantry, with many ingenious and impressive functions and has featured in a few books over the years

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