Forget AI and robots: lockers are the future
Nicole has found the secret to productivity, and it has nothing to do with advanced technology. It’s all about one simple innovation in sending parcels
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I have watched cars flying, taken a ride in a driverless taxi and crossed the Firth of Forth on an automated bus – but the innovation I’m most impressed with is app-connected delivery lockers.
If you’re not familiar with these genius inventions, they’re huge metal boxes from a company called InPost. You’ll find them tucked away near shops and in car parks, covered in little doors with a scanner and screen on the front. Need to pick something up? Scan a QR code, a door pops open and there, as if by magic, is your parcel. Sending a parcel is even better – you don’t even need to print a label.