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tanujparikh
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tanujparikh
11y ago
Tanuj from the Estimote team here. If you're curious about some of the under-the-hood mechanics between BLE beacons, Eddystone, and the Physical Web check out developer docs http://developer.estimote.com/eddystone/
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tanujparikh
11y ago
Tanuj from Estimote business team here. It's also super useful for my efforts. Makes it so much easier to communicate to customers what we're working on, and there's also the intangible benefit of impressing potential custome
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tanujparikh
12y ago
Hey, Tanuj from Estimote here. We're constantly challenging our engineering team to extend battery life through a combination of better hardware but more importantly smarter software, delivered via OTA updates. For instance, our first
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tanujparikh
12y ago
Yup it'll broadcast like an iBeacon. So yes, if you wanted to use stickers instead of beacons because the price / size / aesthetic / whatever suits your needs better, that's possible and 100% up to you. Our goal is
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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
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tanujparikh
12y ago
Hey, Tanuj from Estimote here. Stickers and Beacons are meant to be complementary products. Beacons are great to attaching to fixed points inside venues - museums, stores, sports stadiums, etc. They add location context to a physical space.
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12y ago
Tanuj from Estimote here. Great idea, Daniel. You could build a simple app that sends you a push if your bike is in motion - that way if you're inside, you know if anyone is messing with it.