Look Ma, No-Hands Fasteners!

theodp writes "Inspired by a daughter who suffered a serious infection from an IV feeding apparatus, the Trib reports an Australian architect has developed high-tech bolts and latches, which can be operated remotely without being touched. The first commercial applications are intended for aircraft, allowing crews to quickly reshape interiors to maximize payload space. BTW, smart fasteners hit Slashdot's radar almost two years ago."

AHA!

[Rhinobird]

So THAT'S what a self sealing stem bolt is for...

Disassembler?

[Maljin Jolt]

Remotely controlled bolts... that will certainly give a new meaning to "disassembler hacking".

Intelligence!!

[William Robinson]

Giving intelligence to bolts and latches wouldn't occur to most people

Most people are less intelligent than bolts and latches:)

*ducks*

Re:Hacker's Delight

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's predicting the day when womens' bras can be remotely undone - perhaps en-masse - by a cheeky hacker over WiFi.

I love this company...

[Anonymous Coward]

FTA:
Perrine, who left Microsoft Corp. to join Telezygology, said intelligent fasteners will cut the costs of designing, building and maintaining products that use them, and this is just the first step in a new direction.

When Balmer heard about this he threw a chair into a wall. Luckily the wall was constructed with intelligent-fasteners and with a push of a button, the wall was back to new.

Right...

[vmcto]

From TFA:

  "I wondered what's to prevent some nut using a garage door opener from pushing the right buttons to make your airplane fall apart," said Harrison. "But everything is locked down with codes, and the radio signals are scrambled, so this is fully secured against hackers."

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! That's rich!

Telezygology?

[Anonymous Coward]

Everyone knows the proper term for a remote control screw is teledildonics.

No (remotely) disassemble....

[Anonymous Coward]

Johnny 5 is alive!

New competition at next HOPE convention?

[mianne]

Teams are locked into cages secured by these bolts. Each with a PDA and an RF scanner. First team out wins and losers PWN'd?

Obligatory bicycle reference

[Trogre]

Look ma, no hands!
Look ma, no feet! ...
Look ma, no teeth!

Re:Easily Hacked

[MichaelSmith]

Because anything transmitted over open air can be hi-jacked. They claim otherwise

Don't worry they will design a nice obscure protocol for it.

Re:I'll take it

[hdparm]

Not to mention steak in a tube :o)

Re:Hacker's Delight

[stunt_penguin]

Hacker's delight? Hacker's last flight, more like.

Re:Hacker's Delight

[lahi]

I'd say the problem is that these fasteners *aren't* screwed?!?

This whole idea is nuts!

-Lasse

This is Bolt 2.0

[bxbaser]

If your data center doesnt use Bolt 2.0 in its racks you are just gonna lose in online ecommerce.

BOLT 2.0 is future of internet hosting.

Call my company now to find out how not to get left behind.

Re:Hacker's Delight

[Samah]

Of course, en-masse bra manipulation has already been proven using a Bambleweeny 57 Sub-Meson Brain and a Brownian Motion producer (a nice hot cup of tea).
http://math.cofc.edu/kasman/MATHFICT/mfview.php?ca llnumber=mf458 [cofc.edu]