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The spate of bear encounters<\/a> in Japan has certainly been surprising for many reasons, but one thing that caught my attention especially is that they seem pretty good at using automatic doors. I hope I\u2019m not coming across as patronizing to any bears who might be reading this. I mean, I\u2019ve been known to mistake a pane of glass for a door on more than one occasion myself.<\/p>\n \u25bc Just struts in like it\u2019s no big deal<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u25bc This one struggled a bit, but it\u2019s young; it\u2019ll learn.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n This is bad news for people, however. Bear encounters are bad enough in the outdoors, but being trapped in a confined space with one is a whole other level of terror. Given the number of incidents involving bears going through automatic doors, some businesses and facilities have set them to manual instead. While inconvenient for some, this poses a particular accessibility problem for disabled people.<\/p>\n Speaking of whom, Fulltech and Mirairo are two companies that have been developing Mirairo Door. This automatic door can communicate with smartphones via Bluetooth and was originally intended for use by people with varying levels of mobility so they could adjust the speed at which the door closes to suit their needs on their phones.<\/p>\n It just so happens that these doors are also really good at keeping bears and other wildlife out of buildings. Mirairo Door can also be set so that only people with smartphones can access the door\u2019s automatic feature, and since bears are currently unable to purchase such devices, they cannot go through.<\/p>\n \u25bc The app better have a clear \u201cno-bear\u201d clause in its Terms and Conditions, too.<\/p>\n One drawback is that you need to install the Mirairo Door app on your phone for it to work, but once you do, it works all on its own when near a compatible door. But even without the app, the doors have touch switches and are still relatively easy to open. I suppose a bear could hit the touch switch too, but it\u2019s still a much bigger hurdle than conventional automatic doors.<\/p>\n It does offer a solution for businesses and other organizations who want to keep their doors closed to dangerous animals but also don\u2019t want to hinder other people from coming inside. For now, at least\u2026<\/p>\n Given the rate at which the bears have managed to disrupt our infrastructure<\/a>, I give them about three years before they acquire quantum computing technology that can decrypt the elliptic-curve discrete logarithmic problem and override the doors\u2019 controls. Hopefully, by that time, better bearproof encryption for wireless devices will have been developed.<\/p>\n Source, images: PR Times<\/a> Like this:<\/p>\n Like Loading…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sub2.jpg\")
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