3mo ago

Royal Mail trials postbox with parcel hatch, solar panels and barcode scanner

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Seems like a good idea, but I worry this will be used as part of an excuse to close more community post offices
- Given that most of those now double as banks, that is either a huge concern or makes them safer...
The solar panels are a bad idea - they’re never going to work underneath the crocheted Easter bunny and fluffy chicks.
But they already have parcel postboxes, and whilst there’s no “check in” of parcels on those, as soon as everything is collected it’s scanned so I feel that’s fine?
- It's progress ! Now we just need AI on it