LulzSec members broke in using a rudimentary technique called SQL Injection, which allowed them access to unauthorized data on the Sony Pictures site.

NEWYORKER: Machine Politics

He told BBC News that ice-coring "doesn't really work as a viable technique to do long-term, clean access and exploration of sub-glacial lake environments - because of the issues with cleanliness and sterility".

BBC: 'New frontier' of Antarctic lake exploration

The folks at tech blog The Verge tried out the technique, and said they were also able to access photos on the phone by attempting to add a photo to a contact.

CNN: Security flaw allows snoopers to access locked iPhones

The Whirlwind Project conceived the technique of stringing the cores onto a matrix of wires and thus producing a random access memory.

CNN: Machines on a mission

With no access to colored inks, prisoners use watered-down black ink to create shadows and depth a technique called "fine-line" tattooing.

NPR: Mister Cartoon's Growing Tattoo Empire