RE: UPS keeping your parcels safe

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

It seems that the majority of the parcels I receive (4-5 a week)
require
a signature. Unless you've got a prior agreement with each of the
delivery companies (which some allow), I guess this kind of box isn't
going to help much?



Paul.



-----Original Message-----
From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: 20 January 2003 15:00
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] UPS keeping your parcels safe



Just out of interest, has anyone bought a Hippo Box?

If so how well is it used, what I mean is do the delivery people
understand and use it? Must admit I am interested.

B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pankaj Dhokia [mailto:pankaj@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 January 2003 14:33
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] UPS keeping your parcels safe


> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article.php3?story_id=491
> 
> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article.php3?story_id=509
> 
> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article.php3?story_id=469
> 
> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article.php3?story_id=420

I made something similar to the boxes described in the links as a final
year 
project at uni. The idea was that when a courier wants to deposit a
parcel, 
they press a button on a control panel and that sends an email and SMS
to a 
number of registered users of that box. A web-cam starts recording data
locally 
and streaming via the web. The user is able to login to a control panel
and see 
the web-cam feed and unlock the box from a web interface or if they
don't have 
web access, unlock the box using SMS. Didn't get as far as implementing
the SMS 
but the infrastructure is their when I get round to updating it!

http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
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