Have a look at this Japanese video.
(real-player: spare me your ‘it does’nt work’ complaints, but download/update your plugin)
It shows an electric door wich will save on engergy costs (airco or heating)… …but I wonder how much energy it consumes, and how much the environtment likes all this plastic and electronic parts…!
What’s next; an electric chair?
that is so stupid.
I have an idea for a new door that’ll save tons of energy. it’s made of wood, big enough for almost ANYone to fit through, and it has this little knob-shaped mechanism on it that you grab, turn to deactivate the locking mechanism, and then apply force to make it open automatically. it’s amazing.
Thats purdy cool
Nice futuristic door. Brilliant!
I thought it’s sensors worked surprisingly poorly, especially for a trade show or whatever it was where they’d want it to be as impressive as possible. So many times in the video she would have had to bend down to avoid clipping her head on the ones that failed to open.
Andrew
Stupid idea, and it works like crap. What if the electricity went out? What if there was a fire that would either cause the door to open, adding oxygen, or seal the door shut? Stupid.
I think there should be a really good one of those than you can run at and it will oped EXACTLY the shape of you, and it will open fast enough you dotn run into it.
And what about the slide doors at the supermarket?
But what -whit this Japanese door- if the cat of the neightbours smells the meat on your kitchen-table?
i woulnt use it as an exterior door that would let theifs in, i would use it as an indoor.
watch your head… that door looks dangerous.
Would it detect an end-on unicycle wheel I wonder?
Could be interesting!
Hooked
I wouldnt call it efficiant in any way, but il take one!!!
It looks like it only has sensors on the ends of the segments, but not along their length. This would suggest if you try to go through it carrying anything that doesn’t cover the centre - a tyre held parallel with the wall, for example - it wouldn’t open all the segments.
It looks quite funky, but seems a bit of a gimmick that doesn’t really solve anything.
Phil
The Seager
I think the sensors move until they no longer sense something, so if you are dangling something from an oustretched arm, it would open the entire arm length but never notice that you were dangling something.
I like lots of room when I walk through doors, this door looks like it would take concentration to walk through.
And it’s different than current automatic doors, because current automatic doors function the exact same as real doors if the power is out. You just push on them. These would be dangerous.
It cant save energy as it is now. There doesnt seem to be any seal to keep air from traviling through it.