This is amazing. I love Apple AirTags but they are so bulky and an odd shape.
I would love a AirTag the shape of a credit card to go into my wallet.
I would love a smaller AirTag to go on my cats collar.
I would love a AirTag the shape of a credit card to go into my wallet.
I would love a smaller AirTag to go on my cats collar.
- easier to take apart (if you want discard the casing), and
- cheaper
I took one of the ones I have out of its casing to see what could be made thinner, and I found that most of the thickness was due to:
- The batter holder (CR2032)
- The speaker
- The button
The speaker and button could probably be dispensed with after initial setup. The battery holder could be removed, and the power supplied from the side instead of the top (if you want a thin card-like form factor).
Seems doubtful to me that someone implemented all three frequencies at 5 bucks
If Apple sells them for $20 it's highly likely some random Chinese seller can make money at $5.
The aim is to keep track of where shared equipment is during the logistics phases of 39c3.
And, also, using the quite possibly wall-wart-piwered base station network to provide what's essentially rather precise indoor-GPS to users with sufficiently open FiRa hardware.
The $5 tags are comparable to tile or google tags, but miss the key feature of airtags.
But that's because neither of the devices I've used to locate things (a recent iPad and an iPhone X) have the UWB hardware.
Have almost pulled the trigger and bought one multiple times but I keep just losing my wallet instead
Source: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1318724878/modified-3-mm-sli...
*Photo taken a moment ago with Meta Stories glasses
* Wrote this on my cell phone. ;-)
Because once when I posted an imgur photo here with no camera provenance, a commenter asked "What camera was used to take that photo?
FunFact: it's MUCH easier to take a photo of your cat with glasses than a phone — hands-free is the future IMHO
It's all cool.
When the devices first came out people who were early adopters liked to use them as a sign of how cool and hip they were: I know many such individuals.
Nowadays most people I'm related to and friends STILL have those defaults in place because they don't realize they can get rid of them.
You can always tell a non-techie by the fact those defaults are still there.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09DCVFNFF/
Only thing is that I found that I needed to wrap the airtag itself with some clear tape to keep it from twisting itself out of the holder.