DEAR HELOISE: I read with interest about the senior citizens who discussed forgetting their keys when trying to get into their homes and how expensive it is to get a locksmith. They also mentioned ...

Most projects we feature are of the metal/wire/wood variety, but there is an entire community devoting to making very interesting and intricate things out of paper. Imgur user [Criand] has been hard ...

Combination locks! They’re great if you’re skilled at remembering arbitrary strings of numbers, and have a dramatic flair that’s made them a famous part of many a heist movie. They come in a wide ...

Those combination locks you pick up for a few bucks at the office supply store have never been the epitome of security — but in recent weeks, they’ve taken a beating. A few weeks ago, Samy Kamkar — ...

The smartphone is becoming a personal command center. Since it's always within arm's reach, more and more products and services rely on your iPhone or Android. "Smart" door locks leverage your phone ...

Careful what you leave in your lockers, high school students and gym-goers. An invasion of 3-D printed robots may be coming, capable of popping one of the world's most ubiquitous brands of combination ...

We’ve shown you a calculator that can help you crack a master combination lock before, but this device will do all the work for you in under 30 seconds. This post is part of our Evil Week series at ...

Padlocks are portable locking devices that we all learned about as kids to secure our school lockers, bikes, and other valuables. They come in an infinite number of configurations and are controlled ...