A Lifehacker Australia reader writes in with a tale of woe involving forgotten car keys, but with a surprising ending involving a laptop and a helpful locksmith. Basically, Mark's overseas girlfriend, ...

Getting locked out of the house is especially frustrating when you’ve forgotten the “safe” place where you hid the spare key. As an alternative to sleeping in the garden shed or emergency locksmith ...

Just about everyone has keys for their cars, where they live and work, for vehicles, and other locks and at some point we may need duplicates or to replace lost or broken ones. Even more critically, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You hear myths of old-school locksmiths who are so in tune with ...

The days of replacing a car key by having an inexpensive blank copied and cut at a hardware store are pretty much over. Most new cars today come either with a push-button start system or keyless entry ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s 11 pm on a Saturday and you’ve locked yourself out of your ...

The security of high-end handcuffs depends on a detainee not having access to certain small, precisely-shaped objects. In the age of easy 3D printing and other DIY innovations, that assumption may no ...