13 Year Old Boy Invents Trick Doorbell


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"A schoolboy is on course for a £250,000 windfall after inventing a doorbell that fools burglars into believing somebody is home at an empty property."

So, this sharp spark invents a doorbell that tricks burglars into thinking you're home. But then the adults go and put a picture of it on the intertubes, so now all the burglars know what it looks like!!

Oh my head hurts.

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The Exchange

What a great Idea!!


I know, right?

Paizo Employee Senior Software Developer

I hope he blows some of his money on a badass car. I'm thinking Aston Martin.


Gary Teter wrote:
I hope he blows some of his money on a badass car. I'm thinking Aston Martin.

Pagani Zonda would be better.

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Grand Magus wrote:

"A schoolboy is on course for a £250,000 windfall after inventing a doorbell that fools burglars into believing somebody is home at an empty property."

So, this sharp spark invents a doorbell that tricks burglars into thinking you're home. But then the adults go and put a picture of it on the intertubes, so now all the burglars know what it looks like!!

Oh my head hurts.

.

Read more: Doorbell-tricks-burglars-thinking-youre-home-invented-schoolboy-Laurence-Ro ok-13

Eh, the burglars may realize it rings to a cell phone and not an intercom, but they'll also realize that all sort of people will find it convenient to be able to answer the door with their cell phone while they're still home. I'm a Californian and I want one of these so I can answer the doorbell when I'm out by the pool rather than not hearing or running through the house in a wet bathing suit.

Smart kid and a useful invention.

Liberty's Edge

It's not marketed the same way (actually, it's not marketed at all, since it's standard), but newer apartments here in Korea already have this feature and with video to boot. But then, I can call my house and adjust the thermostat so it's cool or warm before I get home.

The Exchange

Still a good Idea.

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