[Mark Rober] was fed up with packages going missing. He kept receiving notifications that his shipments had been delivered, but when checking his porch he found nothing there. Reviewing the CCTV footage revealed random passers-by sidling up to his porch and stealing his parcels. It was time to strike back. Over six months, [Mark] and his friends painstakingly designed, prototyped and iterated the perfect trap for package thieves, resulting in a small unit disguised as an Apple HomePod. The whole scheme is wonderfully over-engineered and we love it.
The main feature of the device is a spinning cup on the top which contains a large amount of glitter. When activated, it ejects glitter in every directions. You could say it's harmless, as it's just glitter. But then again, glitter has a way of staying with you for the rest of your life — turning up at the least expected times. It certainly leaves an emotional impression.
The trap uses an accelerometer to detect movement, geo-fencing to determine when the package has left the property, glitter and a fart spray to make the thief regret it, and smartphones to capture the thief's reaction for the enjoyment of the hacker.
Also at BBC.
See also: Jersey City PD, Amazon work together to catch package thieves
Jersey City PD nabs 12 this week in porch package sting
(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Tuesday December 18 2018, @08:27PM (3 children)
should I sub this?
https://www.sciencealert.com/that-cake-glitter-you-re-putting-on-your-cake-might-not-actually-be-edible [sciencealert.com]
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(Score: 4, Funny) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday December 18 2018, @08:47PM
That was well worth the read for the video link named great backing track [youtube.com].
Happy 1950s sounding music telling people how they may be accidentally poisoning people they know.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday December 18 2018, @08:56PM
So, what you're saying is marketing people hyped up this cool cake glitter and put non-toxic on it. Then, people that don't have a clue, buy it and eat it. Instead of treating it like crayons. Non-toxic, is good, but that definitely doesn't mean edible.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday December 19 2018, @04:24AM
Never mind the glitter.... why are there feathers on that cake??!
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.