Access
Why are we still using keys and codes?
Recognition Technologies exist.
The iphone is using finger tip technology (my school library was using it 6 years ago), airport border controls are using facial recognition technologies.
The technology is only going to get better, more efficient, more widely accepted.
Architecture can use recognition technology. If space is a currency, we need to access it and we need a universal key that we don't have to carry. We become the key.
If we are the key then we can control access to the minutest detail.
The network tells us the best location to live, we accept, it gives us access. Simple, remotely controlled, no key required. No hassle. Not just a smart home, a smart network.
Many hotels use universal keys or have swipe cards which they can update to unlock different doors but facial recognition would remove the need to carry a key - one less thing to lose!
Share
This also helps people to share space more freely.
Basic living example: 137 Windmill Road
I live in a shared house with 4 other people and we share our kitchen. We cook together a lot and most of our food is shared but we do all have some of our own food, which although we are happy to share with other people, really it is better if people ask first.
If, however I was sharing with people who were not immediately my friend, which may be the case in LivingGenY then I may be less willing to initially share my food even though I was happy to share the space.
So if we could provide a hassle free way of securing specific cupboards in the kitchen that only the owner of the contents could access then this problem would be solved.
Socially I think it is important that this mechanism could be disabled because to encourage sharing I believe we should minimize security of belongings, however it needs to be a choice. So finger recognition could be used to access your kitchen cupboard.
There are numerous ways this uninvasive technology could be used to help people to share space with ease.
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