It made sense for the residential market, but it looked like a clunky industrial product. At EHX Spring of this year, however, the company unveiled a product that looks like it was meant for the home.

The ekey TOCAhome Integra ($600 and up) is a thin biometric reader that can be flush-mounted in a small opening in a door or door frame. It comes in a variety of finishes and can be mounted outside, so now there's no excuse!

Most biometric access control systems on the market today are meant for commercial complexes, with a network of biometric readers that communicate with a central processor.

The TOCAhome, on the other hand, is a standalone access control system that stores up to 99 finger profiles in the device itself--no PC is required. Just scan the finger of friends and family to grant them access to the home, garage, security system, whatever can be activated by a relay.

Profiles can easily be added and deleted.

Sure beats wrestling with keys and even card readers.