Well, it only makes sense ... they’ve come up with an electronic replacement for the door lock key, so why not the combination padlock, too? That’s what Master Lock has done, with its new dialSpeed ...

My buddy bought a combination padlock at a garage sale. It was made by Master Lock, and was the model with the stainless-steel case with a black dial and white numbers ranging from 0 to 39. The ...

September 18, 2007 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Click to viewNext time you forget the combination to your Master padlock (you know, the one you bought ...

The earliest combination lock was designed by an Arab engineer Al-Jazari around the year 1200. It took a few hundred years, but in the 20th century, combination locks became ubiquitous as an elegant ...

If you are looking for something a little more secure to protect your belongings, you might be interested in the new electronic padlock which has been created by Master Lock, called the DialSpeed. The ...

Most consumer-grade locks aren’t that secure. To wit, if you ever need to open a basic padlock or combination lock without a key, all you need is a soda can, a boxcutter, and a little precise cutting.

Forget the combination to your combo lock? Well if you’ve got a 3D printer, an Arduino, a servo and a stepper motor handy — you can build your own Combo Breaker pretty easily. It’s capable of solving ...

The best padlocks keep your possessions safe in the same way the best bike locks do. That is, they’re great thief deterrents. But they can also ensure the well-being of your loved ones, especially the ...

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 ...

If you need more proof that the MasterLocks at your local hardware store do very little to protect your belongings, here’s a video of a lock-picking robot. Samy Kamkar, who previously built a drone ...

Here’s a really fascinating circuit that implements a combination lock using relays and logic gates. Even with the schematic and written explanation of how it works we’re still left somewhat in the ...