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12,000-Mile Universal Remote

Flip any switch from your smartphone!

BY JORDAN HUSNEY

Shortly after I moved into my home, my automatic garage door opener broke. For years after, I was content opening my garage manually, but last summer my contentment was interrupted by a door spring failure. When the repairman came to fix the spring, he noted that the automatic lift was also not working and offered to fix that too.

Before the repair I would simply open the door by hand, grab my bike, and ride away. After the repair I found myself needing to remember where I left the garage door remote. I fumbled in my pockets for my keys, but instead found my mobile ...

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