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It's not just Bluetooth. We will be publishing the details of our full tracking solution soon
It'll be interesting to know. You can't make calls from the plane to transmit location. You can however, do it when you detect the luggage has landed, based on altitude and/or airport coordinates.
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It will help the airline know where the bag is, and ideally get it back to you faster. At the moment they don't have simple ways to know that information, which is crazy.
Yeah, I think the keyword there is ideally, because it's really hard to know how much of a difference it actually makes.
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Are there recurring costs for 3g/4g connectivity? What's the coverage area? What is "37 Watts lithium ion battery"? Is it 37 watt-hours? Could I achieve similar tracking ability to dropping an old Android phone into my suitcase, with a tracking app installed on it? How would this hack fall short compared to your product's tracking feature?
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Are there recurring costs for 3g/4g connectivity? What's the coverage area? What is "37 Watts lithium ion battery"? Is it 37 watt-hours? Could I achieve similar tracking ability to dropping an old Android phone into my suitcase, with a tracking app installed on it? How would this hack fall short compared to your product's tracking feature?
Initially there will be no additional cost for the basic level service. We might offer a premium version down the road. Still defining coverage but aiming to have a practical global coverage. The battery's capacity is 10,000 milliamps per hour. Yes, there are many hacks you can do to achieve a similar tracking ability. We want to provide a comprehensive solution in which the location tracking is just a part of it.
As is "10,000 milliamps per hour".
You likely have a 10 amp hour, 3.7 volt battery yielding a capacity of 37 watt hours. This is about the same capacity as an ordinary smart-phone (perhaps a bit larger, I think an iphone is 5 or 10ish ).
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Initially there will be no additional cost for the basic level service. We might offer a premium version down the road. Still defining coverage but aiming to have a practical global coverage. The battery's capacity is 10,000 milliamps per hour. Yes, there are many hacks you can do to achieve a similar tracking ability. We want to provide a comprehensive solution in which the location tracking is just a part of it.
"37 Watts lithium ion battery" is meaningless as a capacity. As is "10,000 milliamps per hour". You likely have a 10 amp hour, 3.7 volt battery yielding a capacity of 37 watt hours. This is about the same capacity as an ordinary smart-phone (perhaps a bit larger, I think an iphone is 5 or 10ish ).
Here one of the co-founders. Happy to answer any questions about our company and technology
It seems really likely that an existing and huge luggage brand could also do this. What's protecting you guys from that?
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"37 Watts lithium ion battery" is meaningless as a capacity. As is "10,000 milliamps per hour". You likely have a 10 amp hour, 3.7 volt battery yielding a capacity of 37 watt hours. This is about the same capacity as an ordinary smart-phone (perhaps a bit larger, I think an iphone is 5 or 10ish ).
10,000 mah is the same as 10 amp hour. And that is 6 times what an iPhone has actually
I'm just trying to address the confusion here. Battery capacity is a relatively mundane detail, and I don't necessarily expect the people writing marketing copy to understand electrical terminology.
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It seems really likely that an existing and huge luggage brand could also do this. What's protecting you guys from that?
First off we have filed for patents for the main aspects of the invention. But most importantly, we think that they will have a harder time because they don't have a software and electronics expertise internally. Plus, we think it will take a "startup ethos" of rapid iteration and closeness to the customer to get the product right.
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"37 Watts lithium ion battery" is meaningless as a capacity. As is "10,000 milliamps per hour". You likely have a 10 amp hour, 3.7 volt battery yielding a capacity of 37 watt hours. This is about the same capacity as an ordinary smart-phone (perhaps a bit larger, I think an iphone is 5 or 10ish ).
10,000 mah is the same as 10 amp hour. And that is 6 times what an iPhone has actually
The capacity for energy storage is volts * amps over time. So a 10 amp hour battery at 3.7v holds less energy than a 10 amp hour battery at 12v. Together it makes watt-hours. That's the best way to measure storage capacity.
Here one of the co-founders. Happy to answer any questions about our company and technology