Future Project....need lots of help

Ok, me and my roomate next year though up the idea of using some solinoids to lock/unlock the door to our dorm room.

First I know we will need some sort of power source.  Maybe a small inverter.

Second, we were thinking of using some cheap alarm brain at the interface.

Lastly, figure out how to turn the lock using the solinoids, wired to the alarms door lock outputs.

First off, I know this is possible, I would say that im OK with electronics and would like some help as well as some ideas how to go about doing this.

All help/ideas are apreciated.

Thanks

so can I connect the alarm righ to the power inverter?

How would I connect the solinoids to the brain?  door lock outputs?

Also, how hard to the aux output flip the light switch?

Thanks guys.

inverter- dc to ac (not what you need)

you need a power supply, like the ones in computers

light switch you could do a few ways, put a relay on the wires behind the switch or a door lock actuator to actually move the switch up and down

That is no good, I am in a dorm and we are not allowd to mod ne thing like that.

If I do it with the solinoids, I can make sometihng that will just hold them on the back of my door, maybe with some strong magnets.

If possible, is there any way you guys can get links to the stuff you are talking bout?  like from e-bay?

Thanks again