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IR receiver modules are also pretty cheap and easy to use. You can probable salvage one, most things use a remote these days. Plenty of examples of how to build a 38khz transmitter using a 555 timer. The output of the module goes low, while receiving, so it will go high, and trigger what ever you want, when the path is blocked.