Listen now (3 min) | CES 2021 got under way Monday with the usual collection of oddities that sound really cool, until you start asking the hard questions. Like that new box from Yale to keep porch pirates away. The packages are dropped off, and the box then locks up. Great. But what happens after UPS has left and the box is locked. How does FedEx get the package in there? And what’s to prevent a porch pirate from just picking up the box and walking away with it? And wait a minute, $250? Really? I wouldn’t spend $50 for it.
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Listen now (3 min) | CES 2021 got under way Monday with the usual collection of oddities that sound really cool, until you start asking the hard questions. Like that new box from Yale to keep porch pirates away. The packages are dropped off, and the box then locks up. Great. But what happens after UPS has left and the box is locked. How does FedEx get the package in there? And what’s to prevent a porch pirate from just picking up the box and walking away with it? And wait a minute, $250? Really? I wouldn’t spend $50 for it.
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