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Anyone remember iBeacon? Whatever became of that?

#apple #ibeacon

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@Archimage don’t know - but a cent to a dollar that they still hold the trademark.

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@Archimage @JohnPhilpin I wonder how small an iBeacon device you could build that has the necessary Bluetooth transmitter, battery, and little processor to generate the ID? Do you think it would fit on a pair of glasses?

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@the yes

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@the yup. Its just mostly software and a dime-sized bit of hardware (for the transceiver. I had a quarter sized one when iBeacon first came out. Wonder where it is ≥

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@JohnPhilpin they do.

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