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Former NASA Engineer Designed Glitter Bomb Trap To Avenge Amazon Delivery Theft Victims (cnbc.com)
They say revenge is a dish best served cold. But for Mark Rober, it's much sweeter served smart, smelly and covered in glitter. From a report: The former NASA engineer-turned-YouTube star has received plaudits online after designing a booby trap to avenge all those who've fallen victim to a new wave of neighborhood crime: doorstep delivery theft. Rober spent six months combining GPS tracking, cameras, fart spray and glitter in an elaborate and amusing mechanism after discovering thieves had stolen an Amazon delivery from his doorstep.
In a video posted on his channel, the 38-year-old, who helped design the U.S. space agency's Curiosity Rover, said his engineering experience left him well-placed to "take a stand" after dismissive police left him feeling "powerless." "If anyone was going to make a revenge ... package and over-engineer the crap out of it, it was going to be me," said Rober, who spent nine years with NASA.
In a video posted on his channel, the 38-year-old, who helped design the U.S. space agency's Curiosity Rover, said his engineering experience left him well-placed to "take a stand" after dismissive police left him feeling "powerless." "If anyone was going to make a revenge ... package and over-engineer the crap out of it, it was going to be me," said Rober, who spent nine years with NASA.
Where I live, one neighbor has gotten better. He put a package connected to a wire with a perimeter alarm on it. Thieves tend to run when they hear a gunshot when they try to boost a package, and it gets neighbors to see what is going on. The alarm is harmless but loud, and legal in all 50 states.
It's acceptable because no one is home to receive the package.
Sometimes I have packages sent to work, but inevitably they'll try for a Saturday or Sunday delivery so it's a bit of game of roulette. Sometimes I send them to my retired parents' address who have a greater chance of being home, but they live thirty miles away and their home is even more exposed if they're not around to receive the packages directly, so it's also imperfect.
I'd like to see the United States Postal Inspection Service, a law-enforcement entity in its own right, expanded to cover these sorts of crimes even if the shipper is not the USPS, and for the crime of stealing packages to have the same penalties as exists for stealing mail.
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
Maybe shouldnt be stealijg peoples packages then.
What if the package that was stolen had peanut butter in it and the person was deathly alergic ? Think they are going to be able to sue then ? No. THEY STOLE IT !.
You break the law, live with the consiquences.
I would like to see it start shouting "PACKAGE THIEF!" or something else equally loudly that can't be easily turned off, but it would probably end up smashed until it stopped emitting.
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
The glitter being thrown about the car is definitely a danger to eyes as well as the respiratory system,
A valid complaint, although much lessened by the use of a thrower instead of a gas capsule.
the chemicals in the fart spray could trigger anaphylactic shock.
[citation needed]
I know this is a problem with some ingredients, and with some propellants... show us that it's a credible threat in this case.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"