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Technology is on the move, and there’s not one facet of life that isn’t affected. You can see the new trends in TV, laptops, cars, and cell phones every day. Now it’s time to make way for technology in door hardware and locks. Door hardware is going through a technological evolution similar to consumer electronics.

Aside from electrified locks that store entries, there’s another front that’s changing the fundamentals of door hardware: the movement from key cards with magnetic stripe readers to radio frequency identification (RFID) readers.

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