Lockitron is an excellent app that lets you unlock or lock your door from your mobile phone instantly. Send a signal from your phone to Lockitron servers, and via your internet router, you can make the door lock or unlock.

How Lockitron Works?

This App ‘Lockitron’ work by mean of sending signal from your iPhone using servers to the small devices that are plugged into your internet router. This in return sends to signal to your door by telling it to lock or unlock. More than this all Lockitron is highly compatible with most advance lock systems. Interestingly you can install Lockitron Self-Install Kit for your through-hole deadbolt, door knob or door handle.

Let family and friends in when you’re not there
let guests into your beach house while you’re traveling abroad, provision temporary access for contractors at the office, or let friends buzz themselves up to your party without the hassle of physical keys. Any internet-enabled Smartphone can use Lockitron. Activate the text message feature to allow any mobile phone to use Lockitron through text messaging.

NFC enabled
If you have a Nexus S, you can lock or unlock your Lockitron enabled door simply by waving your phone over an NFC tag with the pending release of the native Android app.

Lockitron App costs $295, you can order this App Here.

The Lockitron Deadbolt Door knob / handle is compatible with several types of locks or you can use self-install kits which costs $295 and includes a Lockitron base-station, USB remote fob, door knob/handle unit, Power cable, ethernet cable etc. The Lockitron base-station plugs into a wired ethernet connection and the USB remote fob also plugs into Lockitron base-station and sends the lock and unlock commands to the deadbolt unit which is powered by 4 AA batteries.

Watch the below video show you how it works:

Remember that without power or web based access, the Lockitron base station does not function, but you can still lock and unlock using the included set of keys and keyfob. So there are issues but it is cool idea and you might want to give it a go.