Palm Pilots Can Copy Car Keys

Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday November 21, 1998 @05:58AM from the technology-is-neat dept.

David Sifry writes "According to PC World Online, it only takes a Palm Pilot, some software, and 10 seconds to copy certain types of car keys for infrared door locks. Those pilots sure have lots of uses! The full story is here. " I dig the software that lets you use your Palm IIIs irda port as a universal remote. 4" range sucks, but still. I wonder if I could get my laptop to do that.

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