The SureFlap protects your house from unauthorized kittens

The SureFlap is a great idea: a robotic cat door that only allows the appropriate RFID-implanted kitty into your house, as opposed to any toxoplasmosis infected plague cat that decides to bust on in and start a-spraying. No price listed, but it's not likely to be cheap, especially with the optional laser defense mechanism.

SureFlap [Official Site via DVICE]

[#1 posted by Lea Hernandez , October 8, 2008 11:45 AM]

This might be the thing to get my ex over his pathological fear that Tom Thumb might burgle our house by entering via the cat flap.
That, and the "fry miniature burglar" setting on the optional laser.

[#2 posted by BalmyBrute , October 8, 2008 11:51 AM]

My friend had a cat door similar to this. His cat would stand near the door to let other cats in.

[#3 posted by A New Challenger , October 8, 2008 11:59 AM]

Silly Cat Face!

[#4 posted by cromulent , October 8, 2008 12:11 PM]

And it supports up to 32 cats at a time, for all your crazy cat lady needs!

[#5 posted by john , October 8, 2008 12:38 PM]

I had one of these, but with a magnet on the cats collar. Worked great until the cat disappeared one august...

Not so sure I want to RFID a cat though, not like there aren't spares anywhere you wanted to get one. Yeah I know, I'm heartless.

[#6 posted by technogeek , October 8, 2008 1:05 PM]

Reminds me of the guy who was building a cat flap with camera and pattern-recognition to not admit the cat when it was carrying prey...

As others have said, this is an update of the old magnetic version.

What my friend needs is cat doors designed for _indoor_ use. Too many are transparent these days, which doesn't give quite enough sense of privacy.

[#7 posted by Newbornstranger , October 8, 2008 1:56 PM]

rfid tags are standard issue for cats, these days - at least the Toronto Humane Society injects a tag in almost every animal that comes through their doors. It's much more reliable than an address tag on a collar. Doors like this would just be a bonus.

[#8 posted by Anonymous , October 8, 2008 2:57 PM]

kudos to anyone who can point out a similar door for large dogs.

Better yet, any nerds know how to make something similar? I'm handy with a soldering iron and basic written instructions and I wouldn't mind hacking up some electronics and a door to make this work.

Cheers.

[#9 posted by mdh , October 8, 2008 4:29 PM]

You could just RFID the collar, you know, the collar with the bell that all good cat owners put on their cats to protect the songbirds.

[#10 posted by mgfarrelly , October 8, 2008 5:04 PM]

John, if you have not learned it by now, you never will until it is far, far too late.

Nothing can protect you from Unauthorized Kittens.

NOTHING.

[#11 posted by Secret_Life_of_Plants , October 8, 2008 6:22 PM]

To bad those RFID tags have been shown to cause cancer in animals implanted with them...

[#12 posted by Jerril , October 8, 2008 6:29 PM]

#11: To bad those RFID tags have been shown to cause cancer in animals implanted with them...

[citation needed]

[#13 posted by sammich , October 8, 2008 6:54 PM]

mgfarrelly @ 10 - OMG

[#14 posted by sammich , October 8, 2008 6:56 PM]

...and secret life of plants @ 11 - OMG!!!

[#15 posted by sammich , October 8, 2008 6:59 PM]

But seriously - I need to buy one of these for my sister - why is there no price... ?

[#16 posted by Secret_Life_of_Plants , October 8, 2008 7:18 PM]

Here's one:

http://tiny.cc/DGdyb

I know that if I post too many links then boingboing thinks I am spamming, but here are the Googled results for cancer RFID animals...

http://tiny.cc/0TjAI

[#17 posted by Secret_Life_of_Plants , October 8, 2008 7:34 PM]

PS for #12 posted by Jerril...

here's this too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

[#18 posted by RedShirt77 , October 8, 2008 8:59 PM]

This has to win funniest post of the month.

Now they just need to program a roomba to take the dog for a walk around the block every three hours or so and having pets will be completely effortless.

[#19 posted by OM , October 8, 2008 9:17 PM]

I AM OPENING UR SESAME

[#20 posted by DeWynken , October 8, 2008 10:10 PM]

hmm..can it be hooked to 30 amp 220v?
UNAUTHORIZED FELINE DETECTED....ENERGIZING FIELD...

[#21 posted by strider_mt2k , October 9, 2008 6:40 AM]

My whole family has always attracted unauthorized cats.
They usually become authorized fairly quickly after that. :)

[#22 posted by semiotix , October 9, 2008 7:58 AM]

And it supports up to 32 cats at a time, for all your crazy cat lady needs!

What, they could only spare 5 bits? No, obviously this is crippleware. You watch, the $50 "Service Upgrade Pack" they'll release in a few months will allow 65,536 cats, which is roughly where this starts being useful for the prosumer crowd.

[#23 posted by dculberson , October 9, 2008 8:08 AM]

Technogeek, the best part of that project was the name. Since the cat's name was Flo, they called the project Flo Control.

http://www.quantumpicture.com/Flo_Control/flo_control.htm

[#24 posted by Anonymous , October 10, 2008 10:49 AM]

Isn't this a bit late? A company called Pet Porte already invented it two years ago!

http://www.petporte.com/

Patent number: 2 381 180.

[#25 posted by Anonymous , January 5, 2009 4:18 AM]

Yes this company has been selling the original version for over a year now: http://www.microchipcatflaps.co.uk/