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crunchgear.com - 12/9/2008

You know you’re a nerd if you enter the Konami code to unlock your door

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This Arduino -based homebrew security solution takes the input from an NES controller (mounted, I suppose, anywhere you like) and passes it to a little string detector. If you enter the right sequence (Shoryuken!), it ejects or recalls a CD tray, which locks or unlocks the deadbolt ...

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