HARVEY’ S MISSION
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AQUiLA MAGAZINE
VICTORIAN CRIME
Design a silly tool for a jewel thief
Did you enjoy your tutorial with criminal mastermind Professor Moriaty in this month’ s issue of AQUILA magazine? Then you’ ve come to the right place!
HARVEY’ S MISSION
Honestly, we’ re not even sure this activity is allowed, so before we begin, here is a very important disclaimer: This design challenge is just a bit of fun and must not be used, directly or indirectly, to commit a real crime of any kind. AQUILA will not accept liability for any bad things of any kind that might occur if this activity sheet is misused.
There. Are we safe now?
ACTIVITY SKILLS
30 mins to 1 hour
I still don’ t know. Anyway, let’ s crack on – do you want to have a go at inventing a silly tool for a jewel thief? Of course you do!
DIFFICULTY
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Step 1:
Consider the various activities a jewel thief mightundertake in the course of his craft. These include but are not limited to:
Scoping the job – finding the target and planning your crime Night vision Avoiding guards Disabling security systems Cutting through glass
Removing jewels from display cases without leaving DNA, fingerprints, or causing injury
Clearing the crime scene Getaway Storing the jewels somewhere no one will find them Alibi o
YOU WILL NEED
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Step 2:
Select one of the tasks above and think about what it involves. For example, cutting glass during a robbery would require a tool that can offer precision, accuracy and noise reduction. A getaway car needs to have certain properties that other vehicles do not.
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