Doors are standard fair in any home.  However, an awe inspiring front door can convert any blah home into an architectural wonder.  It can add warmth, pizazz and though it serves as a gateway to your abode, it is also a suggestion to what kind of interior awaits its entrants.

The curtain door is not only sick looking, but an engineering feet.  It measures 5.2m high and 1.7m wide. 60 pulleys, 80 ball bearings, a wire-rope and a counter weight are hidden inside 40 sections of 254mm-thick Burma teak.  So a few trees (understatement) died in the vein of this door, but there is no over looking its functionality and design.

When in the closed position each section stacks on top of itself.  A push on the door’s planks causes it to rotate open.  We can only hope this all happens in an effortless manner.

The curtain door was created by Matharoo Associates.

Sliding doors ain’t exactly new tech, but this innovative concept uses zero electricity and depends on the person’s weight to to open and close.  It works by stepping on a foot plate that engages a set of gears that trigger a counter weight that pulls the doors open.  Step off the plate and the same weight slides the doors closed.  Simple, neat and best of all energy efficient.  Video below.

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It wasn’t too long ago we saw an old NES controller modded to fit a Samsung mobile phone.  Yeah, it was gimmicky, stupid and required little to no engineering skills of any sort.  The NES Door Bell mod on the other hand is the stuff dreams are made of.  Ok, that might be over stating it a bit, but how cool would it be to roll up to your best bra’s pad and ring in via a piece of gaming history, or in my case gaming nostalgia.  Check the video below and note the LED light.

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