All my notifications are *blocked* unless I put my phone in this tiny mailbox.

[@TheCyclingGuru]

This is an absolutely brilliant idea! Especially if there's a forced delay between each time the phone is put inside the mailbox. This way, checks could only happen 2 or 3 times a day, or within specific time ranges. I love it !

[@raspberrypi]

LOVE. It features in this month's HackSpace magazine (out on Thursday) and I'm putting on the Raspberry Pi blog this week! (Or next... maybe next... the internet does distract me so often)

[@GuyDupont]

Amazing thank you!! ♥️🥧

[@meganInVermont]

I absolutely love your creativity and the passion you put into your projects. Thank you for sharing your ideas 🙏

[@handleshtick]

Cool! Great idea and execution! The spring switch was indeed ingenious!

[@yayabrooklyn]

Also I think this actually could be an awesome device re: digital minimalism! I think the future is combining digital and analog and you did just that-super cool!!

[@apersian868]

Hey Guy, cool video. Just sending you a notification in the mail for you to check later. See ya.

[@yayabrooklyn]

This is so cool! I hope lots of people comment so you get a ton of dings.

[@josealberto8764]

That's awesome! No questions here. Initially, I thought you'd have an NFC tag to detect the phone. The spring switch is very creative and mimics toy-like electronic mechanisms and circuits :P

[@danielbarowy4151]

Clever switch mechanism!

[@nunobazarian244]

This is such an amazing project! On top of being great for a clean headspace, I just like the experience of "checking my mail" with a little mailbox!

[@DevonsWorkshop]

Nice project. I’ve never heard of that kind of switch. Great idea, well done!

[@lenshibo]

Its like a reverse Faraday cage! i love it

[@peter.stimpel]

Nice one. I went one step further and disabled notifications for most apps completely. This way my phone became a phone again, and I decide when to check for messages and stuff. It is a totally wrong path to expect everyone to react to everything just in time.

[@onyshchukv]

Ahah! Amazing project!! :) but what about powering? If raspberry became your wifi, it need constant 5v connection?

[@GuyDupont]

Yup good question! Was originally going to have the Raspberry pi inside the mailbox, but didn't want to run power. That's why I brought in the microcontroller - the pi can live in the closet or wherever, the mailbox can be battery powered and just act like a wireless extension

[@matteoscardovi]

Cool, but why don't do it with a prossimity sensor instead? It would be way easier (I think) and it doesn't wear down by using it (or if you have an iphone an hall effect sensor)

[@GuyDupont]

Proximity sensor would be great but I don't think easier in this case (spring thing really only took a few mins, I just hot glued them). I also would have to do a bit more to get proximity sensor to wake the microcontroller up since the output is usually analog. Hall effect is an awesome idea, actually - I use a case with magsafe built in. I think ideally I would figure out a way to use NFC/RFID so I could actually determine which phone is inserted.

[@Haloruler64]

Throw an affiliate link for that tape in the description!

[@taranagnew436]

can you reverse the action (block whenever you put it in there/unblock once you take it out)?

[@GuyDupont]

Yup totally! One line of code

[@bismanjitsingh1975]

broo that is cool af

[@IanGauthier]

Rad