Beyond seeing the day of delivery and the distribution points through which it has passed, there is little that can be done these days to know the status of a shipment. Living Packets seeks to change this and has created a box that tells you at all times the location of the package, whether or not it receives hits, its internal temperature, or its status by means of a camera inside. By the power, you can even listen through the microphone and that integrates and talk to the dealer through the speaker that brings.

The Box' is the original name of this product. It is a rigid box with a volume of 32 liters inside. When not in use it can be folded and automatically adjusts the product inside so that it does not move during transport. To open and close the box has a smart lock that opens with the phone and the authorization of the owner.

From here comes the fun part, the technologies that this smart box brings. First we find an electronic ink screen on the outside that replaces the paper labels. As it is electronic ink, it hardly uses up the battery and allows "reusing" the label for each shipment. Because yes, this box is designed to be reused again and again.

To monitor the status of the package includes many sensors that allow you to send to the smartphone the temperature, humidity, shocks it receives, internal pressure, weight or the light that is displayed among other things. An internal camera allows the user to see the inside of the box and also has a microphone and speaker to communicate directly with the dealer or whoever it is.

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The advantages of using a box like this for shipping packages are of course obvious. The control over the package situation is practically absolute. Now, what is the real use of the box? It is understood that using a box like this is because the value of the object being transported is important, but normally for situations like this the company selling the product is already responsible or the package is covered by some kind of insurance.

On the other hand, it remains to be seen what the cost is and what the exact business model is. Living Packages indicates that The Box costs about 100 times more than a normal cardboard box, but as it is reusable this is amortized by sending, well, 100 packages? The idea is that the company that sends the products owns the box and the customer can choose whether to send it with this box or with a traditional one. It is understood that this extra cost would be paid by the customer. Then, of course, the delivery person must return to pick up the box and return it to the company, making the logistics literally double.