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I'd like to see an even simpler solution to this problem, to better target the aging market. Rather than an App and 'radar', have a base unit and give the pad a
by JacobAldridge 14y ago
I'd like to see an even simpler solution to this problem, to better target the aging market. Rather than an App and 'radar', have a base unit and give the pad a noise / ringtone. Many portable handset phones have this solution - push a button on the base and the handset under the couch cushion beeps.
The central paradox of losing your glasses is that if you need glasses you can't see well enough to find them.
- dominicgs 14y agoDevices like that have existed for some time now: http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Find-Remote-Control-Locator/dp/B0000X0YTO/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Find-Remote-Control-Locator/dp/B... I think that there is definitely a market for both products. I can't imagine some of my ageing relatives wanting to fire up an app to find their keys (they don't own smartphones anyway), but for my use I'd like the additional features that this solution provides. Perhaps a StickNFind base station could be built at a later stage.
- JacobAldridge 14y agoExactly the sort of response I was hoping for - the "here it is" solution!
- gojomo 14y agoPerhaps better still: make the targets to be found use completely passive RFID tags. (No batteries needed, ever.) Make the 'finder' unit a powered, portable wand-like device which pulses the tags, and makes sound or light in proportion to how well it is pointed toward the desired target, and how close it is. (Regress to finding a misplaced 'finder' wand: give the wand a charging base station with the basic push-button-and-wand-beeps behavior. This base station might also include whatever UI selects which target you're seeking.) With this design bluetooth is probably not involved or beneficial.