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DormVault Laptop Safe Fends Off Roommates

Danny Allen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +0000

At first glance, this ruggedised steel box looks kinda lame, but because it bolts to furniture from the inside (using supplied mounting parts), it actually wouldn’t be a bad way to protect your 17-inch-or-smaller laptop in communal living situation.

For its $US80, the DormVault also comes with a combination lock, but — as that’s the weakest link in the rig — I’d probably invest in something a little more heavy duty. Neat idea, though, assuming you’re actually able to go about drilling holes in things.

Features
• Rugged steel construction
• 16′ x 13″ x 5″
• Weighs 9 pounds
• Laptop Safe for Dorm Room or Apartment
• Attaches to Furniture
• Holds up to 17″ laptops and Personal Accessories
• Comes with mounting brackets, multiple-size bolts, wingnuts and combination lock

[ThinkGeek via DVICE]

Safe-T Bed: Sleep Soundly on a Cache of Guns, Jewels and Money

Sean Fallon — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:30:00 +0000

Somewhere between a sock and an actual bank lies the Executive Safe-T bed. Hollandia International’s design incorporates a heavy-duty safe underneath the mattress and a cover in the head joint of the bed base.

The bed was originally developed for a wealthy international customer that wanted to keep a handgun close by at all times, but it is just as useful for keeping you valuables secure. The safe can be added to any Hollandia bed for around $US400, but the beds themselves can run in excess of $US20,000. As an alternative, you could always pick up a pair of skid marked security briefs for around $US6. It’s probably just as effective. [Hollandia via Born Rich]

Jewellery Box Features USB and Fingerprint Authentication Security

Sean Fallon — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:20:00 +0000

Perhaps Paris Hilton would have avoided the $US2 million theft of her jewellery recently if she had one of these BioMirage Coffers. It can only be opened via fingerprint identification or a USB key.

That seems far more convenient than carrying around a key or remembering a passcode, but couldn’t you just take the whole thing with you and smash it open later on? I mean, it only weighs 4.5 kilos. It’s more like a high-tech deterrent when you think about it. Plus, the damn thing is $US579—so if you buy it you have already been robbed. [RCG Store via Everything USB]

Shock Safe Delivers a Jolt to Would-Be Thieves

Adam Frucci — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:15:00 +0000

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that no one wants your old baseball cards enough to warrant securing them in a safe that delivers electric shocks to people.

The shock safe does just that, administering a jolt to anyone who dares tamper with it. It uses a four-digit code to keep itself locked up, and it has flashing lights and sound effects as well, which are features found on every serious safe. The jolt is probably pretty weak, but so is a mere four-digit code, so what can you do. [Product Page via Red Ferret]

6.5kg Lego Safe Is Guarded by 305 Billion Codes

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

By definition, you would think that a Lego safe won’t be very safe. But, right now, and looking at the photo and features of this 6.5kg Lego Mindstorms NXT Safe, it looks like a much more secure place to guard my savings than any bank out there. All the $US34.67 of them. Seriously. Once glued, the 2.7-inch thick walls made of interlocking Lego bricks and its five double digit electronic code lock will make it impossible to break for most people. And beyond the fact that no thief would think you would be stupid enough to store your valuables on a Lego safe, the electronic code is not the only security feature.

Since the electronic code, operated by the front wheels, is direction sensitive–introducing “21″ to the right is not the same as introducing it to the left–that gives you 305 billion code combinations to unlock the mechanism. If someone tries to move the safe, it also has an alarm that would be fired by the built-in accelerometers connected to the Mindstorms NXT core.

• Large Digit display (using Custom Digits, and MyNumOut routine)
• Outside dimensions 38×38x38cm, creating 30 Litres of internal storage space
• Internal safety bars prevent stone walls to be disassembled
• Automatic un-Locking / Locking of the vault (Motorised lock)
• Automatic opening and closing door (Motorized door)
• Automatic burglar alarm (using HiTechnic Acceleration Sensor)
• Variable un-locking code, set by user during locking.
• Heavy, 7cm thick, door with secret Power-On/Off buttons.

If you are the rightful owner of the safe, however, it’s a delight to use. Once you introduce the code, the electric motor will open the door for you.

[Lego Examples via Craziest Gadgets]

A Floppy Disk That’s Safer Than Your Hard Drive

Sean Fallon — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:30:00 +0000

Floppy disks weren’t exactly known for their data security, but as a safe I think it could really handle the job. Unfortunately, the “Safe Save” is only a concept render at this point—which is disappointing because it would definitely be a cool real-world product. [Tebe Interesno via Apartment Therapy]

A Safe So Complicated That No One Will Open It, Ever

Mark Wilson — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:45:00 +0000

We think the Band Saw Safe is as charming as safes come, with various arrows rotating to confound would-be thieves from opening the box. The only problem is, even after reading the description five times though, we still don’t fully understand how you actually open it.

The 13 drawers of this band-saw box rotate rather than open outward. Objects for safekeeping are placed into the large, central drawer through a hole in the bottom of the box. Since the arrows on the front of each drawer point toward the drawer’s open side, objects may be moved from one drawer to another by first lining up the arrows on the two drawers and then rotating the entire box so that the objects fall from the first drawer to the second.

Then again, maybe it’s called the Band Saw Safe for a reason—the key is in the name. [Rogue Cheddar via bbGadgets]

Bentley Makes a Safe For Expensive Watches, Perfect for Wall Street Execs Looking to Piss Us Off Even More

Adam Frucci — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:20:00 +0000

You know you’re rich when you drop tens of thousands of dollars on a fancy watch. You know you’re obscenely, ridiculously rich when you have so many of said fancy, expensive watches that you need a specially-designed safe to hold and show off all of them. Stockinger and Bentley have teamed up to make a line of safes designed to hold watches and only watches. Some of them even have some sort of fancy, high-tech watch winder inside. But people won’t buy it for that. They’ll buy it because they want to store their million dollars’ worth of watches in a safe with the Bentley logo on it, because they are douchebags. Case closed. [BornRich]