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Just in time for Christmas: Porch pirates vs. Glitterbomb 3.0 Share on Facebook John SextonPosted at 7:10 pm on December 22, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter This is the third year that engineer turned YouTube creator Mark Rober has sought smelly revenge on porch pirates using a custom built glitterbomb which also includes copious amounts of fart spray. As he did last year, Rober once again did some fine tuning to his creation. One change was a custom welcome mat which doubles as a charg...

Jimmy Donaldsons viral video helped give rise to one of the unlikeliest success stories on YouTube. In the fall of 2016, Jimmy Donaldson dropped out of college to try to solve one of the biggest mysteries in media: How exactly does a video go viral on YouTube? Donaldson, then 18, had been posting to the site since he was 12 without amassing much of an audience. But he was convinced he was close to unlocking the secrets of YouTubes algorithm, the black box of rules and processes that determines ...

Mark Rober built his first anti-theft device after having a package stolen It sprays glitter when you lift the lid, then emits fart gas every 30 seconds For his new version, hes added a latch that prevents the box from being closed A SIM card allows custom noises and GPS tracking of the thieves location  Four phones inside the device record the reaction and beam it right to the cloud 

The North Carolina kid who cracked YouTube’s secret code  22 Dec 2020 - 15:37 By Lucas Shaw and Mark Bergen | Bloomberg In the fall of 2016, Jimmy Donaldson dropped out of college to try to solve one of the biggest mysteries in media: How exactly does a video go viral on YouTube? Donaldson, then 18, had been posting to the site since he was 12 without amassing much of an audience. But he was convinced he was close to unlocking the secrets of YouTube’s algorithm, the black box of rules ...

  Arrests made in 2019 U.K. Apple Store thefts, two different Target robberies and assault, and a "glitter bomb" to catch package thieves in this weeks Apple Crime Blotter. The latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime. Journalists lawsuit accuses Saudi, U.A.E. princes of ordering a hack of her iPhone An anchor for Al Jazeera has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates of carryin...

in iPhone edited December 2020 Arrests made in 2019 U.K. Apple Store thefts, two different Target robberies and assault, and a "glitter bomb" to catch package thieves in this weeks Apple Crime Blotter. The Festival Place Apple Store in Basingstoke, in the U.K. The latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime. Journalists lawsuit accuses Saudi, U.A.E. princes of ordering a hack of her iPhone An anc...

Ex-NASA engineer builds exploding glitter bomb to catch package thieves Is there anything glitter cant do? Listen - 01:59 This is what happens when the Glitterbomb explodes with colorful, biodegradable glitter and smelly skunk spray when a thief opens the stolen package.  Video screenshot by Bonnie Burton/CNET The next time someone tries to steal a package off your porch, scare them away with the power...

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Ex-NASA engineer builds exploding glitter bomb to catch package thieves CNET 12/17/2020 Bonnie Burton © Provided by CNET This is what happens when the Glitterbomb explodes with colorful, biodegradable glitter and smelly skunk spray when a thief opens the stolen package. Video screenshot by Bonnie Burton/CNET The next time someone tries to steal a package off your porch, scare them away with the power of glitter.  Ex-NASA and Apple engineer Mark Rober has figured out a...

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