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Re:Hardware Case Study: Why Lockitron Has Taken So Long To Ship by andrewtbham on Sunday July 13, 2014 @08:21PM (#8029045)
one possible way to solve this problem is to not initiate turning the lock if the battery is too low.
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Re:Hardware Case Study: Why Lockitron Has Taken So Long To Ship by StavrosK on Sunday July 13, 2014 @10:44PM (#8029340)
You'd think they'd be doing that already, really.
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Re:Hardware Case Study: Why Lockitron Has Taken So Long To Ship by mikehmayer on Monday July 14, 2014 @01:21AM (#8029602)
Cameron did note how he was surprised the Lockitron worked that morning. Apparently they had some insight about the battery level that was not being relayed to me. I think they've since rectified that with a push notification- I never saw anything like that though.
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Re:Hardware Case Study: Why Lockitron Has Taken So Long To Ship by raverbashing on Monday July 14, 2014 @11:09AM (#8031255)
This is not acceptable for something as critical as your front door.

You also usually can't tell exactly if the battery is too low for it to turn

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