Automatic Sliding Door

This is the first project I’m going to get Matt to backward engineer next week when I return. It’s just a few strips of stainless and some infrared hocus pokus when all said and done.

It’s a new breed of automatic sliding door from Tanaka in Japan. ( I don’t think it’s the tool people Tanaka, but the site is in Japanese.)

It’s designed to open to the approximate shape of the person, car or whatever just so happens to try and go through it. It’s also supposed to keep unwanted air pollutants out whilst keeping wood in’t hole (apologies to any hardcore lanky twangers out there).

Watch the video if you don’t believe me.

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