A lock that calls if there’s a break-in

Shut it, lock it and forget it? It may be a fetching catchline for a vehicle, but as far as your house is concerned it’s more a case of...

Shut it, lock it and forget it? It may be a fetching catchline for a vehicle, but as far as your house is concerned it’s more a case of shut it, lock it and worry about it.

With incidents of house-breaking rising in the city, locking a house has become more of an invitation to a robbery rather than a deterrent. Which is what probably prompted two engineers in the lock business to come up with this ingenious lock which will send alert signals to six telephones if tampered with.

Named Super, the lock — devised and designed by Santosh Joshi and Ajit Upadhyaya — is computerised with the capacity to store six telephone numbers. In case of a break-in, all these six lines will start ringing.

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‘‘This is the first time a lock like this has been introduced in India and in the one month that it’s been around we have already sold 35 units,’’ says Joshi. This despite its deterring cost of over Rs 8,000. ‘‘But for store keepers and people with large houses, it’s a boon and they are the ones opting for it along with some banks and industrial houses,’’ adds Joshi.

The duo have earlier too devised unusual locks having digitally-coded keys to prevent duplication and which work on batteries and sensors to send out loud alarms in case of any tampering. ‘‘If the person is authorised, these locks wait for 30 seconds before sending out the alarm during which time the rightful owner can switch off the alarm switch. But in case it is an intruder who is unaware of the need to switch off the alarm, the loud rings will start after 30 seconds, alerting everyone around,’’ says Upadhyaya.

So lock kar diya jaye in peace.