FedEx Senseaware tracks everything about your package, probably ...

Courtesy Engadget  Fri, 11/27/2009 - 07:22

What do you get when you throw cellular and GPS radios in with an accelerometer , a thermometer and a light sensor?

If you answered a decently featured phone, you'd be almost right. FedEx has concocted the above tracker to be able to tell you everything about the package it's in -- if it has been opened, dropped, outside of temperature range, or insufficiently loved by its deliverator.

The GPS and cellular signals are used to provide...

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