What We Achieved

The end product is one that we are both happy with. It may not have been the exact product that we had initially thought of when brainstorming, but it turned out to be great. Not only as a product but as a learning tool. This in our opinions was a perfect test of time management and the idea that the things we think will be the simplest quite often turn out to be the most difficult of them all.

Intellectual Property

We took great care to ensure that we were not infringing on someone else’s ideas, nor were we stealing the hard work that they had done. As mentioned in the references section of the blog, we give credit to those whom we have taken any work or inspiration from. In the case where we used someone’s code (Brandon Smith’s group in this case), we, made sure to provide them with credit in our commented code. The best part about it is we used next to nothing when it comes to other people’s code, no reverse engineering needed, no patent/trademark infringements and we’ve got a reasonably solid device.

The Future

This device, given its current size, may not be the most practical for real world use; however, it is absolutely a great proof of concept. While we may not be seeing our motion locks being sold all around the world, we may one day see the idea transferred to the mobile market where our phones can act as the key. Perhaps some sort of protection of our intellectual property is in order?…

One More Video!

A full demo is demonstrated in the video below! As can be seen, if you look closely, the only time there is a mistake is when we attempt to enter in the direction of West. It doesn’t quite pick it up for some reason but it decided to send nothing as it was uncertain, which is just what we’d hoped for. Luckily it gets it the second time around!