Window locks that lock with a key are the best way to secure your windows, but the key must always be kept somewhere close to hand and all members of your family must know exactly where it is kept. You do not want any member family trapped in a blazing room to be hunting for the key. In fact if the window is a designated escape route you may be prevented by your local building code from fitting key operated window locks. But a new kind of window now has the ability to monitor unusual movements in your home and alarm the local authorities.

The system was developed by the Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam-Golm and Computer Architecture and Software Technology FIRST in Berlin. The technology sensitizes windows and doors to detect suspicious movements. A host of sensors have the ability to even collect dynamic data, like proximity and how fast and what direction is the internal object headed.

[Gizmag]