Garage door openers aren't exactly revolutionary tech, but one enterprising Raspberry Pi user used the board to create a wireless access point connected to the garage door that can open it via the browser.


The setup is relatively cheap and doesn't require an unapproachable level of skill to put together. The advantage of the set up as it's laid out is that a guest can also enter through the garage door without requiring their own remote. What's unclear is how or if the software verifies the identity or restricts access to someone entering, however this isn't a new problem for wireless garage door openers. Ideally your home will have some form of extra security regardless of the method used to open the garage door.

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