[13415]

You've also got to wonder about idea behind it that it's supposed to be trivial to send a large number of books to Ethiopia and back without damaging them.

[dredmorbius]

Shipping is cheap, generally.

Even for relatively high-mass objects such as books. Slow boats are slow but exceedingly efficient.

The main risk would likely be container loss off a ship. Possibly environmental damage if spending much time in warm humid climates.

[Syzygies]

The source article sends these devices to scan books in Ethiopia, where there are people looking for work.

[Dellu]

That is actually good thing for the local people (in Ethiopia) as well. I would have loved to take a project like this.