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New Smart Key Software Enhances Security For Homes and Businesses
A new software-based electronic smart key system creates and manages electronic locks and keys that cannot be copied or picked.
Credit: eLOQ Security
A software-based electronic smart key system developed by U.K. computer scientists and security specialists offers a more flexible security system. The system, called eLOQ, creates and manages electronic keys and locks that cannot be copied or picked.
The developers say businesses and homeowners will be able to program eLOQ keys with bespoke access privileges for each user, controlling what locks they can open and when. A single key can open more than 3,000 locks or groups of locks. The system stores a record of all events in both the locks and keys, creating an audit trail of when and where they were used. The system also can deny privileges to lost or stolen keys without the time and expense of physically replacing locks.
"The system is designed to offer not only secure access to your home or business, but a greater degree of flexibility and intelligence not otherwise possible with traditional mechanical locks and keys," says Lincoln Security's Peter Corlett, who developed eLOQ along with the University of Lincoln's John Murray and the Knowledge Transfer Partnership's Nandagopal Raja Lakshminarayanan.
From University of Lincoln
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