Comments on: The Reverse Geocache™ Puzzle

By: Spencer

Spencer — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:09:15 +0000

I really like this idea. I am glad I found this on the internet, this was well worth reading. I was actually considering making a box similar to this, and you have impressed me enough with this that I am motivated now. amazing.

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Link Dumpage for 2010-05-25 | b2c8b8 — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:29:41 +0000

[...] The Reverse Geocache Puzzle ? | Arduiniana Delicious tags: puzzles "I finally settled on building the device I describe here: a puzzle box that won?t open until it is taken to a certain location … Mounted into the lid, perhaps incongruously, are an illuminated button, a small display, and a mysterious module that sharp-eyed readers might recognize as a GPS." [...]

By: Karl

Karl — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:23:52 +0000

HI, I was just wondering if you sell these. I would love to get one! Thank you, Karl

By: fedor

fedor — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:05:43 +0000

mikal, I would like to buy at least one… is it possible?

By: Mikal

Mikal — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:41:14 +0000

@Eric,

I agree that’s a good idea, Eric. My new firmware will support the ability to set both (or either!) a destination OR a time for opening. You could create a box that only opens when your grandbaby’s 21st birthday.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:58:55 +0000

I loved this idea when I saw it in MAKE, and hope to build one… someday.

I’m sure you get suggestions all the time, but have you considered a “Brigadoon Box?” (I just made that up; I have no claim to that name). This would be a box like your original reverse geocache, but with the added element of time. The Brigadoon Box would only open at a certain place, ON A CERTAIN DATE (or ever a certain time). Like, say, Stonehenge at the summer solstice. New Years, midnight, Times Square. Sunrise, Christmas morning, grandma’s house.
You could get the time/date information from the GPS module you already have, so you probably wouldn’t need to change your hardware. Just a few dozen more lines of code. (Easy for ME to say!)

Anyway – might be fun to try.

By: Moments « Ben Turner's Blog

Moments « Ben Turner's Blog — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:59:56 +0000

[...] even the story about the wedding gift a man made for his newlywed friends which consisted of a locked box that had a butt…. The box said the newlywed couple would have 50 presses of the button to figure out how to open [...]

By: Self-Aware Building Blocks « Ben Turner's Blog

Self-Aware Building Blocks « Ben Turner's Blog — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:29:15 +0000

[...] unlock a secret temple. After all, one inventor using Arduino and GPS geolocation already made a wedding gift puzzle box that only opens when it's taken to a small island near [...]

By: OSCON 2011 « Ted Leung on the Air

OSCON 2011 « Ted Leung on the Air — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:58:33 +0000

[...] makes it possible for these people to make smart craft items. Some examples of such items are this “reverse geocache” wedding gift box, and a bicycling jacket with turn signal lights embedded in [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:19:30 +0000

Hey Mikal

Interestingly, I am in the same situation as the other Dave. I would love to have one of these boxes, as I am preparing to ask the love of my life to marry me. However, as with the last Dave, building my own is not an option as I lack the intellect. This box is perfect!! PLEASE e-mail me with any help you can provide.