Former NASA engineer makes explosive glitter bomb to catch package thieves


Glitterbomb

This happens when the thief explodes the stolen package with glitterb colorful mb colored, biodegradable glitter and smelly skunk spray.

Video screenshot by Bonnie Burton / CNET

The next time someone tries to steal a package from your porch, scare them with the power of glitter.

Former NASA and Apple bridge engineer Mark Robber There’s a creative and colorful way to prevent porch pirates from hanging up your Amazon packages and other deliveries when you’re not around. It’s called a glitterbomb.

Using a combination of glitter, scent-filled foul spray and police noises, Rober has crafted the ultimate quest to prevent thieves from grabbing your packages. Its glitterbomb not only exposes the thief’s senses, but also records their reaction using four phone cameras if you need evidence of their criminal intent for the police and lawyers.

Rober used his engineering skills to get behind the thief, who thinks he didn’t get anyone’s attention, because he steals packages from people’s front parts. Robber is upgrading its version of the three-year-old glitterbomb case.

In the latest version, GlitterBombmb uses a fairly complex system that includes a battery-powered rdu’s micro-controller on a custom-printed circuit board that instructs four smartphones to record the thief’s actions no matter which way he opens the package. . It also sends the thief a specific GPS location of the thief.

The culprit

This is what the package thief looks like covered in glitter and fork spray.

Video screenshot by Bonnie Burton / CNET

Robert has included a SIM card in this new version of GlitterBomb, so that it can play sound remotely from the box. This means that after the thief grabs the package and takes it home to open, the robber will not only be able to record the thief and upload video footage to the cloud, but the police scanner will be able to emit sounds from them, as well as red and blue LED police lights. .

He has also found a way to spray the package with scent-scented smoke every 30 seconds, which really bothers unsuspecting criminals. But the real fun element is the glitter. The package now has more biodegradable glitter to explode on thieves.

Rober says he hopes his glitterbomb MB will persuade the porch thief to think twice before stealing strangers’ packages.

Robber is no stranger to creating videos featuring his fun-yet-useful discoveries and unusual science experiments.

In May, he one Ninja Warrior Course for Squirrels To keep them away from its bird feeder. Robber also shows how to make Rotating dartboard And build The world’s largest enraf gun.