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Hey Mathew, Tanuj from Estimote here. Yup, our original Beacons include temperature and accelerometer sensors too. We actually unlocked those features via an ov
by tanujparikh 12y ago
Hey Mathew, Tanuj from Estimote here. Yup, our original Beacons include temperature and accelerometer sensors too. We actually unlocked those features via an over-the-air firmware update a few months ago: http://blog.estimote.com/post/87918401035/firmware-update-activating-accelerometer-temperature http://blog.estimote.com/post/87918401035/firmware-update-ac.... Use the Estimote app to update your beacons' firmware and you're good to go.
As to your other question, currently the beacon or sticker just transmits exactly as you said: moving or not. But we'd like to expand that in the future to include direction, velocity, time in motion, etc. Are there particular parameters you'd like to see?
- mathewsanders 12y agoAwesome! I'll update our beacons and try that out :) I guess that direction, velocity etc would be cool, but since they need to be communicating with an app on a smartphone anyway it might be overkill. On the other hand, if beacons/stickers could somehow transmit that info independently of a smartphone app (e.g. through a hub device with internet connection) that could be pretty amazing!