A MailCubes logo, a home-attached WiFi-connected mail cubical that smartly accepts packages and letters. |
A visual of the anchor and feedback mechanism for a course outline of physicochemical humanities, the anchor subject of proposed to be MailCubes-funded chair. |
See main: Chair of Physico-Chemical Sociology; See also: Gates modelOn 25 Apr 2016, Thims conceived the "two birds with one stone" idea that part of the proceeds from MailCubes will go towards the establishment, in America (e.g. Princeton) or Europe (e.g. Oxford), of the world's first Nightingale Chair of Social Physics, at yet to be named university, similar to the way the Rockefeller Foundation, in the 1950s, funded the Princeton Social Physics Project, or the way Ernst Solvay, from 1894 to 1910, using proceeds from his Solvay process (1861) invention, funded global social energetics conferences and education and, in France, established the Institute of Social Sciences.
“I think the [following] needs doing: [we need] a scheme from someone of high authority as to what should be the work and subjects in teaching ‘social physics’ and their practical application, in the event of our being able to obtain a statistical professorship or readership at the University of Oxford.”— Florence Nightingale (1891), “Letter to Francis Galton”, Feb 7
“He who is firm in will moulds the world to himself.”— Goethe (c.1810)
“A ‘smart mailbox’ is not something seen very often, but it’s only a matter of time until it’s the latest trend in smart home technology.”— Steve Karantzoulidis (2016) article (Ѻ) on IEEE drone mail delivery prototype, Nov 2
“Ain't no delivery man in the US that's gonna go through all this to deliver a package.”— cal30m1 (2017), post (Ѻ) on code-opening iBin parcel delivery box, Feb
“MailCube is a size-efficient, low-cost, auto-locking, smartphone-connected, package-friendly mailbox.”— Libb Thims (2017), company motto, wake-up thoughts on summary of verbal description of picture (Ѻ) on business card (design #3), 9:52AM CST, Apr 30
“A MailCube is like a home PO Box; a kiosk-like ‘cubical’ for your home’s delivery interactions.”— Libb Thims (2017), mental note; arisen while making savings page (plus jogged note), May 2 + Jun 14
“That’s a really cool idea. Anything that makes our job easier. I hate those ‘slots’ and having to jam everything in.”— Mail carrier (2017), comment to Libb Thims, by anon 5’7” mail man, amid showing 6-inch rail, vertical drop, MailCube model design, and asking about idea installation height (him saying that his eye-level was about ideal, for most carriers), 10:30AM CST Jun 20