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Talking panels and keypads with Patrick Egan
December 18, 2013Leif Kothe
As a senior in high school, Patrick Egan, owner of Lancaster, Pa.-based Select Security, worked at a bowling alley that was broken into one night. Having installed a TV antenna before, he had some electronic experience, so the owner approached him about installing a security alarm. The system had no direct wire and was connected only to a telephone dialer that rang the owner's house. Two weeks later, the alley was burglarized again, but this time, thanks to the alarm, the perpetrator was caught....