Brick streamlines inspections on a budget — April 22nd, 2026 Nobody enjoys doing inspections, but they’re a fact of life across many different industries. If you rent out moving trucks, for example, you need to do inspections before and after each rental, so you know if a customer damages something that needs to be addressed. But the logistics of those inspections are tricky and often expensive. That’s why Alejandro Vazquez developed “Brick.” Brick is an open-source embedded device designed specifically for performing and logging inspections. It is a handheld and compact unit that inspectors can carry in a glovebox, wear on a belt, or stuff in a pocket. When it is time for an inspection, they can use Brick to snap relevant photos according to a predefined routine, flag anomalies, and upload inspection reports. Most importantly, it doesn’t cost a lot of money to build a Brick and it won’t require any proprietary (read: expensive) systems or software.…