Even snail mail is getting a tech upgrade. This month TrackingtheWorld, a California-based GPS developer, expects to begin mass-producing Letter Loggers—small GPS-equipped envelope inserts that could help the U.S. Postal Service spot bottlenecks in the system. The insert is durable enough to shoot through sorting machines without crushing the circuits. A high-gain antenna pulls info from a satellite every few minutes and records the letter’s location to a memory card (to prevent interference with other devices, it won’t transmit data in real time). Yet it’s the same size and weight as a few sheets of folded paper.
The technology lets users track a letter’s every move. A vibration- and tilt-sensitive motion detector determines whether the Logger was sitting idle, being sorted, or bumping along in a truck. This data syncs with the GPS locations via Google Earth, allowing officials to spot places where mail lingered too long. The USPS is still weighing the results from last year’s trial run of the technology (in the Denver area), and there are no plans yet for a commercial model. But even if you won’t be able to personally track your Valentine’s cards, it could help ensure that those Luddite love notes arrive on time.
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this aritcle put me to sleep i had to do this for a school assighnment and i feel asleep every time i tried to read it.... iv failed my assighnment, so thank you
do like your other articles tho, this was just totaly un intresting
where can i get it?
just found it at brickhousesecurity.com
We send about 150 snail mail cards every year. Probably 100+ of the people to whom we send cards have email addresses. We could instead send very nice e-cards to them - perhaps this year we'll do both, then cut over to e-cards only next year. How would you feel about receiving Christmas e-cards only?
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Dragon Mayor - the reason you flunked your school assignment isn't because of the boring article - it was because you don't know how to spell. You need to go back to grade school, bud.
And as far as tokmik's idea of sending Christmas e-cards I can tell you I'd much rather receive a 'real' card - one that has a handwritten note inside - one that shows the sender put a little more thought into, rather than just picking one out and hitting a send button.
My two cents worth.
Glo