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Man Installs ‘Eject Passenger’ Button Garage Door Opener in Car

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Because who hasn’t dreamed of having a James Bond-style ejector seat in their vehicle to quickly remove a passenger during an uncomfortable conversation, YouTuber Scott Prints installed a passenger ejector seat button in his vehicle. Of course, it’s not actually an ejector seat button; it’s a garage door opener. Despite that, I still want one.

The button fits in the loose change compartment of the car’s center console and features the guts of a garage door opener inside a 3D-printed case, with a milled aluminum top plate and red button. He should make an upgrade, so the button lights up and flashes when you reach a certain speed. Sorry, but it’s time for you to go!

Sure, it’s just a novelty garage door opener, but is that going to stop me from laughing maniacally and telling my passenger I’ve got them right where I want them before pointing at the red button? It is not. “Say hello to the sun for me!” I imagine joking before accidentally running over a parking curb because I thought the car was in reverse.

[via Hackaday]

HAL 9000 Garage Door Button Upgrade: I’m Sorry, Dave, I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That

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Because garage door buttons are boring and demand a futuristic improvement, Instructable user danthemakerman went and created detailed DIY instructions for taking your garage door button to the next level with a 2001: A Space Odyssey-inspired HAL 9000 upgrade. “I am completely operational, and my circuits are functioning perfectly.” Are they, though, HAL, are they?

Dan’s original plan was to have the garage door be voice-activated, so he could say, “HAL open the pod bay doors,” and it would respond with the classic, “I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Unfortunately, after some research, he realized that it was going to be more difficult than he anticipated without getting Amazon Alexa or Google Home Assist involved (which he was trying to avoid), so he settled for a HAL 9000 push-button garage door opener instead. Settling during projects – I know all about it.

The final result is quite impressive, and it’s almost a shame HAL 9000 has to sit in the cold garage all day and night. I’d rather have it somewhere in the home where it’s on display all the time – like in the kitchen, where I spend most of my time. You know they say most accidents at home happen in the bathroom, but clearly, whoever said that has never seen me in the kitchen.

[via Instructables]

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Opendo Garage Door Opener Remote: Push “B” to Open

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Has opening your garage door turned into a boring chore? Why not turn it into a video game with this fun garage door opener that looks like a classic NES controller? Of course button-mashing might result in a busted garage door, so you’ll probably want to avoid that.

The Opendo garage door opener is simply a garage remote transmitter stuffed into the shell of an 8-bit Nintendo controller. It’s something you could hack together yourself if you really wanted to, but when you can buy one from this Kickstarter project for $20 or less, it seems like the effort to make your own wouldn’t be worth it.

It’s designed to work with just about every garage door on the market, though you do need to specify the brand of your opener to make sure they get you one that works on the proper frequency. An early bird pledge of $18 gets you an Opendo garage door remote controller of your own.

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Ryobi Connected Garage Door Opener Offers Modular Add-ons

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I don’t actually use my garage for parking my cars. It’s more of a space filled with power tools for woodworking and a bunch of boxes that have been sitting in the same place for at least three years. Our garage door opener will open the door and that’s it. The entire garage has exactly two outlets, which means lots of extension cords to get all my power tools working at once. I’m sure it will burn down eventually.

Ryobi is offering up a new garage door opener that looks really cool, and I don’t think you can say any other garage door opener is cool.

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The reason it is cool is because it does much more than open the garage. It can be expanded with modules that add accessories like a retractable power cord, a fan, Bluetooth speaker, or a laser parking assistant.

My wife crashed into the garage wall more times than I can count in our old house. I never understood how she could hit the wall one day and leave the car sticking so far out the next that the door won’t close. That laser parking assistant would be perfect to stop that… maybe.

The Ryobi opener is also Internet connected, so you can check its status and close it remotely using a smartphone app. No more arguments with my daughter about if she remembered to close the garage door. It even has a battery backup unit so it can run in the event of a power outage.

You can get the opener for $248(USD) and the accessories start at $44 each over at Home Depot.