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What does this drone solution solve that a “smart” (electronic locking) package delivery box wouldn’t?
by germinalphrase 6y ago
What does this drone solution solve that a “smart” (electronic locking) package delivery box wouldn’t?
- shuntress 6y agoA drone can land on it.
- bigiain 6y agoI reckon this is the actual product here. Almost nobody needs a drone to deliver their packages. Many many people would like a solution to porch pirates (or untrustworthy neighbours). A somewhat securely bolted down "Amazon prime standard carton" sized mailbox with a remote unlockable lid and some digital signature type of delivery notification sounds like a product to me. Something short of "secure against a determined thief with a crowbar/anglegrinder, but effective against casual swiping of parcels left by front doors - and priced appropriately (so the crowbar guy doesn't assume only people with expensive parcels would bother). "Drones" makes good clickbait though.
- germinalphrase 6y agoRight. Give delivery drivers an NFC token to unlock (what tech are current package readers using?) and secure the box to a porch, wall, etc. Sell them at Home Depot and just be done with it.
- bigiain 6y agoYeah, the trick/moat here would be getting big enough uptake on delivery companies to have drivers with whatever's needed to authenticate.
- germinalphrase 6y agoEventually - but initially it could probably be done with purchasers simply entering a lockbox code into the delivery address lines.