StickNFind – Bluetooth Powered ultra small Location Stickers
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#2There's a lot of cool stuff going on with bluetooth-le. I can see these having other uses besides just finding your stuff. You could use a bunch of these as a primitive location service inside a building.
They're still a bit expensive, but I'm hoping the price will approach $1 each in a couple years.
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#3Regarding: 1:25...
They should be able to use the gyro/accelerometer to give their radar 'direction' as well no? You would just need to move around slightly for it to combine the data with the BT signal distance.
Guess it depends on the BT distance resolution.
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#4I have always wanted a 'google' for your house to find things. Search: "ruby on rails book" would return: "Bedroom 1 North Corner." Search: "keys" would return: "Laundry Shelf".
Also: "wallet" would return "John's Lounge room, click to see directions"
These are one step closer.
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#5FYI, if anybody from IndieGoGo reads comments here, with IE10 on first page load it says I'm using IE6 and the browser is not supported. Refreshing clears this message.
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#6Pretty cool.
I missed details on how the pairing works, for privacy reasons it seems desirable that the tags are locked to (preferably a set of) cell phones.
Some more information about the battery would be nice too, what counts as "usage" for the tag exactly, and do they expose any idea of the battery's state? It would be nice to know that a tag is nearing it's projected end-of-battery, I guess.
Also didn't much enjoy the example with tagging the wife's car. Bleh.
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#7I sometimes wonder why a big company that has been doing this for years needs to use something like indiegogo to get customers to pay up front for a product that isn't in manufacturing yet.
Also. I think it's a really cool idea and I want one. I would use one to secure a suitcase on a bus from getting nicked when they stop to let someone off.
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#8Regarding: 1:25... They should be able to use the gyro/accelerometer to give their radar 'direction' as well no? You would just need to move around slightly for it to combine the data with the BT signal distance. Guess it depends on the BT distance resolution.
Unfortunately a gyro and accelerometer would only be able to provide the orientation of the device, not its location relative to the phone.
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#9I sometimes wonder why a big company that has been doing this for years needs to use something like indiegogo to get customers to pay up front for a product that isn't in manufacturing yet. Also. I think it's a really cool idea and I want one. I would use one to secure a suitcase on a bus from getting nicked when they stop to let someone off.
You could prototype a variety of product ideas and let the customers guide you on what to work on, instead of committing to an idea right away that might not get any traction once it is released.
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#10Regarding: 1:25... They should be able to use the gyro/accelerometer to give their radar 'direction' as well no? You would just need to move around slightly for it to combine the data with the BT signal distance. Guess it depends on the BT distance resolution.
Unfortunately a gyro and accelerometer would only be able to provide the orientation of the device, not its location relative to the phone.
Yeah, but the gyro/accelerometer could provide short movement measurements, no? IF you combine that with the distance measurement you get from the BT device, you should be able to figure out the direction to the BT device?