By Charlie SorrelApril 25, 2008 Wired.com
The GPS mail logger tracks itself.
The idea is that you slide it into an envelope to discover why your mail is being delayed. The logger can be set to record positioning data at timed intervals or when it detects movement. It looks fairly easy to use, and integrates with Google Earth, but we see problems.
One, it costs $700. Two, what if it gets lost in the mail. There would be a supreme irony in losing a GPS tracker in the post (the data is recorded to a MicroSD card, not beamed directly to the owner). Three, even if your mail is going astray, what do you do? Call up the postal service and complain that the mail van was stuck in traffic for two hours?
No. We think the real reason for shipping a gadget that will fit into an envelope is cheap attempt by Brickhouse Security to cash in on some of the MacBook Air sexy. Manilla is the new white plastic, baby.