Inthehomeofthefuture,youcanskipthekeys.Justtapyourphone,andpresto,yourdoorswingsopen.在未來的家中，你不再需要鑰匙了。只需輕點手機，轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)眼間就能打開家門。Anewcompanywithahigh-powereddesigneristhelatestonehopingtotakethatvisiontothemasses.Thatcompany,August,introduceditsversionoftheso-calledsmart-locktothepubliclastweek.一家名叫August，擁有超強設(shè)計師的新公司正希望把這幅愿景帶給大眾。上周，該公司向公眾推出了自己的智能鎖產(chǎn)品。ThelockisthebrainchildofCEOJasonJohnsonandrenowneddesignerYvesBéhar,whoalsodesignedtheJawbonefitnesstrackerandledthedesignfortheOneLaptopPerChildproject.Augusthopestowintheheartsofearlyadaptorsandbringmorepeopletothesmarthomemarket,withadesignthatemphasizessleekaestheticsandease-of-use.這種智能鎖是首席執(zhí)行官杰森o約翰遜和知名設(shè)計師伊夫o貝哈爾的杰作，后者還設(shè)計過Jawbone健身追蹤器，也是“每個孩子一臺筆記本”（OneLaptopPerChild）項目的總設(shè)計師。公司希望憑借這款造型優(yōu)美，使用便利的產(chǎn)品，贏得早期用戶的青睞，并帶動更多人進入智能家居市場。Whilepeoplemayliketheideaofsmarthomes,accordingtoresearchfirmIHS,only5.6millionsmartplatformshavebeeninstalledglobally.Butthenumberisexpectedtoriseto44.6millionby2018.研究公司IHS表示，盡管人們可能喜歡智能家居這個理念，但全球目前只安裝了560萬套智能平臺。不過到2018年，這個數(shù)字有望升至4460萬。Smoothandround,August’slockhastheheftofamedallionoragildedhockeypuckandallowsuserstounlocktheirdoorsbyusingtheirphones.Customerscanalsoletinababysitteroramaidbyissuingthematemporarywirelesskey.August智能鎖光滑圓潤，重量相當于一枚獎?wù)禄蛞粋€鍍金冰球，用戶可以通過手機開門，還能給保姆或家政人員一把臨時的無線鑰匙。“We’reapproachingitasaconsumerproductratherthanapieceoftechnology”saysBéhar.貝哈爾稱：“我們將其作為消費產(chǎn)品而不是一項技術(shù)來開發(fā)的。”Thelock,whichusesBluetooth,fitssmoothlyoveranold-fashioneddoorwiththehelpoftwoscrewsandsomewingflapssocustomerscanretrofittheirdoorswithoutalteringtheappearance.Usersopenthedoorbyholdingtheirphoneappuptothelockortappingabuttonontheirphonescreen.只需兩顆螺絲和幾個合頁，就能輕松地這把使用藍牙技術(shù)的鎖安裝在老式門上，而無需改變房門外觀。用戶把手機上的應(yīng)用對準這把鎖，或是按一下屏幕上的按鍵就能開門。SkepticshaveraisedconcernsabouthowwellAugustlocks,whichcost$249,canholdupundersecurityattacks.Registeringfortheapprequirestwolayerauthentication.Butduringarecentproductdemo,theprocesswasslightlybuggyanddifficulttoenteremailaddressesforAndroidphones.Johnsondefendedthecompany’ssecuritybypointingoutthere’salsotwolayersofencryptiononthelock.對于這款售價249美元的鎖，持懷疑態(tài)度的人擔心它能否很好地抵擋安全攻擊。注冊這款應(yīng)用需要兩層認證。但在近期舉辦的一個樣機展示會上，這個注冊流程并不那么順暢，而且在安卓手機上輸入電子郵件地址時頗有困難。約翰遜則大力夸贊產(chǎn)品的安全性能，指出該鎖還有兩層加密系統(tǒng)。Augusthasraisedover$10millioninventurecapitalfundingfortheirlock,oneoftheearlyforaysintotheworldofsmarthomesecurity.Itfacesalotofcompetitionfrombothwell-establishedbrandsandstart-ups.YalehasitsownlineofsmartlockswhileKwiksetreleaseditssmart-lock,Kevo,lastyear.Meanwhile,start-upGojiplanstoreleaseasleeklydesignedsmart-lockthatwilltakepicturesofpeoplewhoknockonyourdoorandsendsittoyourdoor.ThislockisAugust’sfirstproduct,buttheydon’tseemtooworriedaboutthecompetition.作為智能家居安全領(lǐng)域的早期產(chǎn)品，August公司已為這款智能鎖募集了超過1000萬美元風投。不過它正面臨來自知名品牌和初創(chuàng)企業(yè)的激烈競爭。耶魯公司（Yale）就有自己的智能鎖產(chǎn)品線，Kwikset公司去年也推出了自己的智能鎖Kevo。同時，初創(chuàng)公司Goji正計劃推出一款設(shè)計時尚的智能鎖，它能拍下敲門人的照片再發(fā)到用戶手機上。本文開篇所提到的這款鎖是August公司的首款產(chǎn)品，但該公司似乎并不太擔心激烈的市場競爭態(tài)勢。“We’dlovetoseeotherpeopleenterthismarket,”saysJohnson.“Ithelpsusifmorepeoplestartusingsmartlocks.”約翰遜稱：“我們很樂意看到其它公司進入這個市場。如果更多人開始用智能鎖，這對我們來說是件好事。”Johnsonenvisionsaworldwherekeysareunnecessary,andspeaksofthemasjaggedandugly.約翰遜希望未來世界不再需要鑰匙，在他看來，鋸齒狀的鑰匙十分丑陋。“We’reaboutchangingthewayyouinteractwithyourhome.,”hesays.“Wehavekeylesscars,whynotkeylesshomes?”他說：“我們會改變你和家互動的方式。已經(jīng)有無鑰匙汽車了，為什么不能有無鑰匙之家呢？”Johnsonwon’tgointofurtherspecificsabout