This week’s SmartDevice roundup features the latest crowdfunding projects, starting with a smart lock for your bike, a mobile sensor to capture the 3D world, and a device that manages charging for ...

SwitchBot has announced two new smart home products, the Lock Ultra Vision Combo and the Hub 3. The SwitchBot Lock Ultra Vision Combo has 3D facial recognition that can unlock your door in as little ...

3D printers may have failed as a home appliance, but researchers at the Hasso-Plattner-Institut aren’t ready to give up on them just yet. Last year they successfully 3D-printed a working door handle ...

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 ...

Xiaomi’s latest smart door lock features 3D structured light facial recognition. The Xiaomi Face Recognition Smart Door Lock, as it is called, is an iteration of the 2021 Xiaomi Smart Door Lock X. Pre ...

Xiaomi has launched its latest smart door lock, the Xiaomi Smart Door Lock 2 Face Recognition Version. This upgraded lock boasts several new features, including 3D structured light face recognition, ...

Bump keys are primitive tools used by locksmiths (and HAXoRZ) to knock open simple locks. Until now, many locks were secure simply because they were too complex to be bumped and, as a result, you had ...

Technology is advancing faster than the public can keep up. Take any relative’s newest smartphone as an example – whatever model they have, it’s likely to become obsolete within the next year or two, ...

Despite what the media might tell you, picking locks isn’t just for spies and guys wearing balaclavas. Those who pick as a hobby, or even competitively, think of locks as logic puzzles. Each lock is a ...