An impressive application like Pixie Points has changed the use of ‘last seen’ feature of social networking apps to be just confined to look out for your partner’s last seen timing, and has upgraded its use to track each and every product around you through Bluetooth technology.
Well, you have to believe what an application like Pixie can do to reduce the misery of the ones with a regular habit of losing. This application helps to track the non-web connected items like wallets and bags that are nearly impossible to track when left behind.
The feature is somewhat similar to that of ‘Find My Phone’ for the iPhone, which acts as a godsend for those prone to losing their mobile devices.
A new tech startup called Pixie is looking to give traditional products a digital presence with the help of little sensors called “Pixie Points.”
The Beacon-equipped sensors, communicate with a smartphone’s Bluetooth technology, packed into small, thin tags in size of a guitar pick. They can be attached into whatever needs tracking. This means if you lose your wallet, you’ll be able to power up the Pixie app (for iOS or Android) and see the precise location of where it was when it went out of range (about 150 feet from your mobile device).
It works inside the home, too. If you stick a Pixie Point on the back of the TV remote, you’ll be able to track where you saw it last.
Companies like Motorola and Tile doled out similar products before but they never really took off, largely due to accuracy issues and range.
The above mentioned “last seen” feature alerts the user of the last logged location of their Pixie Point. The tags notify users when it moves out of range, too — this is also a good way to make sure you don’t leave the house without a certain item.
Pixie Points can be tracked down to a few inches of their actual location. So while the Find my iPhone feature might be able to show the device is somewhere at your home address, Pixie can tell you when it’s sitting on your nightstand.
If an item is lost outside of the 150 foot range, the Pixie app offers a “last seen” feature, which alerts the user of the last logged location of their Pixie Point. If a user didn’t acknowledge their mobile alert notifying them that they have traveled out of tracking distance, they can easily go back to retrieve the object with the Pixie Point
In addition, the app creates an augmented reality map of all your stuff, so you can visually see where things are hanging out. Anything with a Pixie Point attached can “talk” to other items with a tag, essentially forming a network of all your things. There’s also an augmented-reality map component of the app, making it possible to visually see where all your tracked items are at one time.