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]
Next time your kid locks him/herself in the aeroplane bathroom, or you just feel like being particularly creepy with a stranger, here’s how you can easily unlock an aeroplane lavatory with nothing but your finger.
That lock may seem a little bit too big, but I know some parts of New York in which you will need to use it. [Thanks Roberto!]
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There’s something thrilling about the movie scenes in which the hero is forced to shoot open a lock in order to rescue his leading lady, but how realistic is that whole gag? The answer may surprise you.
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Want to get into David Glicksman’s workshop? You don’t need a key, you just need to know the right knock. So awesome.
