Puzzle ideas

I saw some great ideas today on MAKE: for some challenging puzzles.

The first one is the Reverse Geocache Box that will only open when you get within a certain distance of a programmable set of gps coords. There is a display on the box that indicates how far away you are from the destination and you only get a certain number of tries to push the button and see if it will open. I also found this Instructable by Revolt Lab with the same idea

The next one is the Secret Knock Gumball Despenser that will only dispense a gumball when you knock the secret rhythm on the box. This could be modified to do any number of things based on the secret knock. It could even open a tree house door, but that's a project for another time ;-)

Also here is a link to the Destination Maps Pirate Maps Bing App. Also, here is a great link from Geek Dad that gives some great ideas about "antiquing" you map and a great little twist about hiding the real map inside a fake map.

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