[jrockway]

This looks great. A dream I've had is to put some sort of tag on everything I own, and put readers in closets and drawers. That way when I need a, say, 10 ft USB A to mini B cable, I can just ask my computer where it is and go get it. Instead I take everything out of the drawer where I think it is, fail to find it, move stuff out of the way so I can go up to my attic, root around up there for a while, fail to find it, order a new one on Amazon, put it away when I'm done... and then repeat the process again.

This technology is new so it's a little cost-prohibitive for that use case... but I hope that we're getting closer. Can I sign up for a mailing list to stay up to date on this? (I don't use Twitter.)

[brian_krejcarek]

Love it. Though, not sure what we’ve got going here would work the best in that particular scenario. It’s really more for work, where things are spread out over larger areas. We’re leveraging the phones already in peoples’ pockets to be the readers per se. Nonetheless, shoot us an email at [e-mail] and we’ll be sure to keep you in the loop.

[memling]

> We’re leveraging the phones already in peoples’ pockets to be the readers per se. Nonetheless, shoot us an email at [e-mail] and we’ll be sure to keep you in the loop.

In some industrial settings, it's probably reasonable to kit this with devices that could communicate with a switch / network for large-scale asset management without phone apps.

This is a great idea, guys, and serious kudos to working it out. I'll be passing this along to our process guys and upper management.

[sprflyprgrmrguy]

A few years ago I bought some beacons from estimote with a couple ideas to use them for... never did though. Wonder if my beacons still have battery power since they've just been sitting.