In the home of the future, you can skip the keys. Just tap your phone, your door swings open.

在未来的家中，你不再需要钥匙，只需轻点手机，家门马上被打开。

A new company with a high-powered designer is hoping to take that vision to the masses. That company, August, introduced its version of the so-called smart-lock to the public last week. The lock is the brainchild of CEO Jason Johnson and renowned designer Yves Béhar.

一家名叫August，拥有超强设计师的新公司正希望把这幅愿景带给大众。上周，该公司向公众推出了自己的智能锁产品。这种智能锁是首席执行官杰森•约翰逊和知名设计师伊夫•贝哈尔的杰作。

While people may like the idea of smart homes, according to research firm IHS, only 5.6 million smart platforms have been installed globally. But the number is expected to rise to 44.6 million by 2018.

研究公司IHS表示，尽管人们可能喜欢智能家居这个理念，但全球目前只安装了560万套智能平台。不过到2018年，这个数字有望升至4460万。

Smooth and round, August's lock allows users to unlock their doors by using their phones. Customers can also let in a babysitter or a maid by issuing them a temporary wireless key. “We're approaching it as a consumer product rather than a piece of technology, ” says Béhar.

August智能锁光滑圆润，用户可以通过手机开门，还能给保姆或家政人员一把临时的无线钥匙。贝哈尔称：“我们将其作为消费产品而不是一项技术来开发的。”

The lock, which uses Bluetooth, fits smoothly over an old-fashioned door with the help of two screws and some wing flaps so customers can retrofit their doors without altering the appearance. Users open the door by holding their phone app up to the lock or tapping a button on their phone screen.

无需改变房门外观，只需两颗螺丝和几个合页，就能轻松地这把使用蓝牙技术的锁安装在老式门上。用户把手机上的应用软件对准这把锁，或是按一下屏幕上的按键就能开门。

August has raised over $10 million in venture capital funding for their lock. It faces a lot of competition from both well-established brands and start-ups. Yale has its own line of smart locks while Kwikset released its smart-lock, Kevo, last year. Meanwhile, start-up Goji plans to release a sleekly designed smart-lock that will take pictures of people who knock on your door and send the pictures to your phone.

August公司已为这款智能锁募集了超过1000万美元风投。不过它正面临来自知名品牌和初创企业的激烈竞争。耶鲁公司（Yale）就有自己的智能锁产品线，Kwikset公司去年也推出了自己的智能锁Kevo。同时，初创公司Goji正计划推出一款设计时尚的智能锁，它能拍下敲门人的照片再发到用户手机上。

This lock is August's first product, but they don't seem too worried about the competition. “We'd love to see other people enter this market,” says Johnson. “It helps us if more people start using smart locks.” He adds: “We're about changing the way you interact with your home. We have keyless cars, why not keyless homes?”

这款锁是August公司的首款产品，但该公司似乎并不太担心激烈的市场竞争态势。约翰逊称：“我们很乐意看到其它公司进入这个市场。如果更多人开始用智能锁，这对我们来说是件好事。”他说：“我们会改变你和家互动的方式。已经有无钥匙汽车了，为什么不能有无钥匙之家呢？”