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Smartphones to replace keys with new smart door locks

New Delhi: Gabriel Bestard-Ribas got tired of his house keys scratching his smartphone in his pocket, so he combined them.The result was a Goji lock, which senses when a resident's smartphone is near and not



It's just one of the trend of "smart locks" on display at the Consumer Electronics Show CES that ends here Friday.

"My keys were always scratching my phone, so I thought why not build them in," said Bestard-Ribas, founder and chief executive of San Francisco startup Goji.

His creation fuses mobile Internet technology with centuries old lock mechanics. A free Goji application installed in smartphones uses Bluetooth connectivity to let the lock know a person is near and, if it is a resident or someone given a "digital key," a personalized welcome message displays and the path is opened.

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