For a few days, Lockitron looked like the little app that would, and should, but then couldn’t.
Lockitron, which enables doors to be unlocked through a smart phone, was rejected by Kickstarter in October. It was turned away for being a home improvement product, which the funding platform does not support.
But then Lockitron went “DIY” on its own crowd-funding.
In one day, orders hit $500,000. They are now sitting at $2.2 million, the equivalent of more than 15,000 units.
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