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  • Watch A Gun Safe Get Cracked Open With Just A Paper Clip

    Watch A Gun Safe Get Cracked Open With Just A Paper Clip

    Video: Hmm. That’s not supposed to happen like that. And yet this gun safe — a GunVault GVB1000 approved by the California Department of Justice that uses a biometric fingerprint sensor to unlock itself — can be easily opened with just a paperclip. It’s a method that simply involves tricking the bypass lock to open…


  • Students Create A Locksmith Robot

    Some engineering students at Olin College have built a robot that can crack the combination of any MasterLock brand combination lock. The complimentary GUI gives you the combination once it’s done cracking, and offers “entertainment options” (like pictures of monkeys, and links to CNN and GrooveShark) while it’s working. [The LockCracker via BoingBoing]