{"id":27828,"date":"2019-12-16T11:10:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T16:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=27828"},"modified":"2019-12-16T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T16:10:09","slug":"ex-nasa-engineer-makes-holiday-comeback-with-updated-trap-to-catch-porch-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/12\/16\/ex-nasa-engineer-makes-holiday-comeback-with-updated-trap-to-catch-porch-thieves\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NASA engineer makes holiday comeback with updated trap to catch porch thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a_TSR_v07m0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The former NASA engineer-turned-YouTube star \u2014 who earned\u00a0<a tabindex=\"-32768\" title=\"\" role=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/12\/18\/nasa-engineer-mark-robers-glitter-bomb-traps-amazon-delivery-thieves.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"\" data-type=\"\">viral acclaim last year with his glitter bomb booby trap for doorstep delivery thieves<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 has made a festive comeback, just in time for season\u2019s gift-giving spike.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Rober spent nearly a year designing a new and improved version of his \u201cHome Alone\u201d-inspired revenge trap in a bid to catch some of the numerous doorstep thieves who continue to dog the U.S. postal system by stealing packages from outside shoppers\u2019 homes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"BoxInline-container  \">\n<div id=\"BoxInline-ArticleBody-5\" class=\"BoxInline-container\" data-module=\"mps-slot\">In a video uploaded Sunday to his YouTube channel entitled \u201cPorch Pirate vs. Glitter Bomb Trap 2.0,\u201d Rober describes how a heightened use of glitter \u2014 this time, biodegradable \u2014 and extra offensive stink spray, improve on his original \u201cratsnest\u201d design. The newly improved version has additional features including a countdown voice and fake police chatter.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-module=\"mps-slot\"><\/div>\n<div data-module=\"mps-slot\">The video even features a guest cameo from original holiday prankster, Home Alone\u2019s Macaulay Culkin. Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/12\/16\/ex-nasa-engineer-releases-doorstep-delivery-glitter-bomb-trap-2point0.html\">CNBC<\/a><\/div>\n<div data-module=\"mps-slot\"><\/div>\n<div data-module=\"mps-slot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27829\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Glitter-Bomb-Bait-Package.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Glitter-Bomb-Bait-Package.jpg 476w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Glitter-Bomb-Bait-Package-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Glitter-Bomb-Bait-Package-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Glitter-Bomb-Bait-Package-254x141.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former NASA engineer-turned-YouTube star \u2014 who earned\u00a0viral acclaim last year with his glitter bomb booby trap for doorstep delivery thieves\u00a0\u2014 has made a festive comeback, just in time for season\u2019s gift-giving spike. Mark Rober spent nearly a year designing a new and improved version of his \u201cHome Alone\u201d-inspired revenge trap in a bid to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,72,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-theftandfraud","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27830,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27828\/revisions\/27830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}