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This is why every Christmas I order Explosive Dye Packs with motion sensitive trigger from Amazon :-) Actually, no I don't. I have considered some DIY solution
by ChuckMcM 8y ago
This is why every Christmas I order Explosive Dye Packs with motion sensitive trigger from Amazon :-) Actually, no I don't.
I have considered some DIY solutions however, one being a 115 dB siren[1] and battery that goes off when it is taken. The intent being to draw attention to the people carrying the stolen package.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Alarm-Siren-115-dB-VDC/dp/B0002BG3SU https://www.amazon.com/Alarm-Siren-115-dB-VDC/dp/B0002BG3SU
- schoen 8y agoSounds clever, but how can you distinguish between a package that's being moved by a thief and a package that's being moved by the delivery person?
- berbec 8y agoI think the idea was the homeowner plants the package with the horn, not orders one.
- evv 8y agoYeah I think that was the idea. Although.. If the package had a cell network connection it could check that its tracking number has been delivered, then "arm" itself. Or, the package could be programmed to wait for the homeowner's WiFi SSID to appear, then wait for the accelerometer to settle when the package is put down.
- ChuckMcM 8y agoOhh I like that, I bet you could program an ESP32 to do that pretty simply (watch for the SSID to vanish.) Or, I could turn it into an SDR project. Send a Zigbee 'disarm' signal once every 10 seconds or so, if the package got out of range of my SDR it would go off.
- berbec 8y agoI like the ESP32 idea! Sound Bombs - the new maker project.
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