How to blow open a safe in Hitman Freelancer You may assume that you need a demolition block or some other similarly specific type of explosive to crack open a safe the old fashioned way, but that ...

In front of a tough crowd, Niwot’s SparkFun Electronics won the praise of hackers when a robot built by the company’s founder cracked opened a locked safe in 30 minutes.

For the introduction of nitroglycerine, ‘soup’ in technical parlance, has not only obviated onerous labor, but has again enabled the safe-cracking industry to gain a step on the safe-making one.

Safe-cracking is a far cry from bomb making, and the Colorado burglary is comical as it involves only $12,000 and a couple of dim-witted robbers.