{"id":18433,"date":"2025-04-10T07:37:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/royal-mail-trials-postbox-with-parcel-hatch-solar-panels-and-barcode-scanner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T07:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:37:44","slug":"royal-mail-trials-postbox-with-parcel-hatch-solar-panels-and-barcode-scanner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/royal-mail-trials-postbox-with-parcel-hatch-solar-panels-and-barcode-scanner\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Mail trials postbox with parcel hatch, solar panels and barcode scanner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five new boxes in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire enable company to cash in on boom in secondhand selling<\/p>\n

Royal Mail<\/a> has unveiled a solar-powered \u201cpostbox of the future\u201d with a built-in barcode reader and a hatch to accept parcels larger than letterbox size.<\/p>\n

In the \u201cbiggest change to postbox design since their introduction more than 175 years ago\u201d, the hi-tech pillar box looks as if it is wearing a jaunty beret. The black, chequered lid is in fact solar panels that power the scanner.<\/p>\n

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\nFive new boxes in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire enable company to cash in on boom in secondhand selling
\nRoyal Mail has unveiled a solar-powered \u201cpostbox of the future\u201d with a built-in barcode reader and a hatch to accept parcels larger than letterbox size.
\nIn the \u201cbiggest change to postbox design since their introduction more than 175 years ago\u201d, the hi-tech pillar box looks as if it is wearing a jaunty beret. The black, chequered lid is in fact solar panels that power the scanner. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five new boxes in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire enable company to cash in on boom in secondhand selling Royal Mail has unveiled a solar-powered \u201cpostbox of the future\u201d with a built-in barcode reader and a hatch to accept parcels larger than letterbox size. In the \u201cbiggest change to postbox design since their introduction more than 175 …<\/p>\n

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