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Box With Hidden Camera Travels Through the Mail

Posted by timothy on from the ok-now-on-to-the-baggage-handling-system dept.

kkleiner writes "The modern mailing system can seem like magic, but the systems in place to reliably get boxes from A to B is a marvel of logistics. Now, a Dutch designer named Ruben van der Vleuten has unraveled the mystery for non-postal employees by installing a camera within a parcel to record the journey."

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  1. Accelerometer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    An accompanying accelerometer would be interesting as well.

  2. Should be standard by Hatta · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Once these sensors get cheap enough, this should be standard. Or at least standard if you buy insurance. It would be awfully nice to have accelerometers and GPS tracking on important packages. Embedded cameras might help prevent package loss too.

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  3. Looks like a bomb... by ZiakII · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm actually surprised this didn't get flagged as it looks like a bomb.

  4. Re:Dont try it at home. by show+me+altoids · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As long as it doesn't record the inside of a meat packing plant it'll be fine.

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