[HN Gopher] Royal Mail trials solar-powered postboxes with barco...
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       Royal Mail trials solar-powered postboxes with barcode scanners
        
       Author : OJFord
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2025-04-10 20:41 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (eandt.theiet.org)
        
       | cogman10 wrote:
       | Interesting but also seems like something that'll be a bit
       | problematic to work with when vandalism happens.
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       | The sensor is right outside the box, it'd be better if that was
       | recessed and harder to see/access (I can see these little black
       | dots getting little dabs of paint).
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       | But, tbh, I don't really see the utility of this over equipping
       | the postman with a scanning gun (or even phone) that does the
       | same thing. You might still want 4g and solar panel, but I'd use
       | those for a "there's something at this box" and not "let's scan
       | it to let people know it's on the way".
        
       | tdeck wrote:
       | Meanwhile in the US all the post boxes near me have been
       | gradually retrofitted so that you can no longer fit small
       | packages into them, only thin envelopes. It was a nasty surprise
       | when trying to mail gifts.
        
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