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by lhaussknecht 3716 days ago
No, you don't need beacons here. It works using "fingerprints" (and machine learning) of nearby APs.
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Right. Bluetooth beacons are a piece of hardware you would have to buy. Basically this tries to accomplish the same thing with just software. Here there is no hardware other than the server (which is provided) and a client computer (which you probably already own).