Collaborate Disseminate
Nobody wants to put their package in a grubby, sticky box that’s clearly been recently used – but many an excellent box is made unappealing by an untidy exterior. That’s where Box Refresh – the worst-named product of 2024 – hopes to make a difference.C… Continue reading Roll-on “Box Refresh” is a better idea than it sounds
Over the past couple of years, the UK’s Royal Mail service has been exploring the potential of drones to service remote corners of the nation, and is now pressing ahead with its plans for automated aerial delivery. The postal service company has outlin… Continue reading Royal Mail plans 50 drone delivery routes servicing the isles of the UK
Over the past couple of years, the UK’s Royal Mail service has been exploring the potential of drones to service remote corners of the nation, and is now pressing ahead with its plans for automated aerial delivery. The postal service company has outlin… Continue reading Royal Mail plans 50 drone delivery routes servicing the isles of the UK
In what it hails as the most dramatic modernization of its fleet in three decades, the US Postal Service (USPS) has revealed the maker of its next-generation delivery truck, which will be built in both gasoline and electric powertrain variants. The new… Continue reading US Postal Service previews next-gen mail truck with electric option
The good news is that if scammers are having to use techniques like this to get in front of potential victims, anti-spam defences and user awareness about email scams must be better than ever.
The bad news is that if such letters continue to be sent, s… Continue reading A scam letter! Warn your vulnerable loved ones to be on their guard
A large hacker camp is in microcosm a city, it has all the services you might expect to find in a larger settlement in the wider world. There is a telecommunication system, shops, bars, a health centre, waste disposal services, a power grid, and at some camps, a postal system. At Electromagnetic Field, the postal system was provided by the Sneakernet, a select group of volunteers including your Hackaday scribe under the direction of the postmaster Julius ter Pelkwijk. I even had the fun of delivering some chopped pork and ham. (More on that later.)
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Continue reading My Career As A Spammer, And Other Stories From The Sneakernet