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12.02.08

Mail That Never Gets Lost

A paper-thin GPS unit that could help the postal service put an end to mail delays

By Gregory Mone Posted 01.31.2008 at 4:22 pm 3 Comments

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 letters location to a memory card (to prevent interference with other devices, it wont transmit data in real time).

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