Hi sean and other OpenMoko-ers Just read an article on Slashdot (?) about the fact that lots of of our precious gadgets get stolen (or lost).
Not being a hardware guy, I was wondering if one could build/integrate/stick to them some kind of 'anti-proximity' detector. This is a device that consists of a a central - costly ? - pockettable detector (that probes for a set of devices within a know list every now and then) and which you put in your pocket, or wallet or on your keychain. Around that device a 'cloud' of periferals exists (Neo, wallet, Phone, Laptop, ...) each tagged with a cheap ID which gets probed by the central. If any of the periferals fall out of range, the central beeps warning me - the owner of these nice periferals - that I am loosing one. I do not know if this idea is at all feasible (battery consumption, size, ...) or perhaps it even exists, but I wanted to float this idea. Suggestions comments welcome W _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
