Tile is a small device that you connect to your belongings to avoid losing them. This device use Bluetooth low energy to communicate with an application that runs on the iPhone and that serves to locate the items in which you have put a Tile.
About a year ago they got $ 2.6 million with a SelfStarter campaignHowever, they still allow reservations on their website for $19,95. The company announced last week, via Twitter, that hundreds of orders are being shipped.
How Tile works
As long as you have your belongings within Bluetooth range, you will see its location.
If you mark an item that has a Tile, that is out of range, as missing, the application Tile sends a signal that puts other Tile applications on search of your article. All of this happens in the background, and it means that if someone runs the Tile app within range of the lost object, the app will discreetly and securely identify the item and let you know. will send a notification of your location.
Not even the person whose Tile app has picked up the location of your lost item will know that their phone has just found your item. The Tiles are always safe and not visible in someone else's app unless you share your Tiles with friends and family.
This gadget seems very useful, I sincerely believe that it can be a great help to keep your belongings under control and feel more secure in your forays into strange cities. I only see a problem it depends on the number of repeaters you have, or what is the same, of the network of people who have this same gadget and the app open, I will wait to see the size of the network before investing $ 20 per device.
