Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018)
by stordoff on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @04:46AM
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I wonder if the simplicity/analog nature works in its favour here (even if cost is marginally more). "How did the ball _possibly_ get there if you didn't mishandle it?" vs. "I dunno, I guess your sensor must be broken".
Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018)
by freepor on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:39PM
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They’re about $5 each. An electronic solution would probably be similar cost at scale, but ultimately easier to tamper with by hacking it, etc. These have been used for decades and are pretty close to tamper proof.
Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018)
by dmurray on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:58PM
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The electronic one could measure some other things, though. Like how long it spent in a tipped-over state, or what time it was tipped over so you know which shipper to blame.
Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018)
by exmadscientist on Monday March 02, 2020 @10:03PM
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There are electronic versions in the market already. About 10 years ago we used some from MSR [1] to monitor shipments of some very special objects with replacement costs well into six figures.
And no, we didn't use just one... of anything.
Re:Ingenious Low-Cost Tilt Detection System (2018)
by sigmaprimus on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:41PM
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I guess it was actually a few years ago..time flies!!
Of course part of the value in the posted indicator is the resulting better (less rough) handling of a shipper that sees the monitoring device.
A good example of this phenomenon is the article posted on HN a few months back about bicycle companies shipping their bikes in TV boxes resulting in significantly less damage.