Here’s the idea: you attach a QR code to your key ring that, when scanned, opens a texting window with “I found your keys!” set to send to the key owner’s phone. When I saw the instructions for this ...

Key rings can be painfully fiddly things (especially for those of us without much fingernail to work with). A clever new quick-release solution might remove some of the friction, using a precisely ...

The next ring contains all the keys for the racks at our south CO, then another for racks at the north CO, then another for generator hush boxes (really stupid name for them too; they don't really ...

Key rings can be a pain, especially if you frequently remove, add, or rearrange things on them. Cable key rings remove the hassle, and banged-up fingers and nails, that come with traditional rings.

Macworld Listen, AirTags are absolutely awesome, but they do lack one feature that we see on other Bluetooth trackers, and that’s a way to easily hook them up to keychains on their own. Therefore, you ...

Scott Amron, friend of Gadget Lab and serial-innovator, has come up with yet another why-didn't-I-think-of-that invention: The rather painful sounding Split-Ring Key-Blank. The key blank, which can be ...

Key rings are a great example of terrible everyday design. If you have nails, you’ll break one trying to pry open the metal. If you don’t have nails, you’ll throw your keys across the room in a rage ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- It all started in a jewelry elective class at Syracuse University. Skaneateles native Jordan Dudden was assigned to make a ring out of anything she could find. "I had these keys ...

It used to be that receiving the key to a city was a rare honor worthy of the front page. Now, just as front pages are disappearing, apparently all you need to get a key to a city is to ask. Mark ...