limpid Posted May 27, 2015 Administrator Share Posted May 27, 2015 Has anyone played with (or preferably coded for) Beacons? These are the short range Bluetooth (in fact BLE) devices which allow your apps to interact with users phones when they 50-100m away. http://futurethinking.ee.co.uk/cheat-sheet-beacons-and-ibeacons/ (continues) Beacons? Fires burning on hill tops warning of the approaching Spanish Armada, right? Erm, not quite. In fact, not at all. Beacons are a location-based wireless sensor that can be used inside buildings. They have been likened to indoor GPS and, using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, beacons can communicate with and send small data packets to smartphones that come into a range of about 50-100 metres. BLE has the advantage of consuming much less battery power than normal Bluetooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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