With the hold-down bar in use, the vertical part of the spring wire is unnecessary and maybe even in the way. Shortening it saves wire, making the trap less costly. This modification has some dramatic ...

Two wire booby traps were found on a public Colorado trail in early July. Both wires were strung between trees, and officials say they were clearly put there to injure motorcycle riders. Local ...

Ukrainian land is covered in thousands of Russian mines, trip wires and booby traps. An area four times as large as Switzerland is unsafe because of land mines, the United Nations has estimated.

A five-part mousetrap. This is a snap mousetrap, shown ready to catch a mouse. It has five main parts: a hammer, which kills the mouse; a spring, which snaps the hammer down on to the mouse; a ...