Stolen locos

[Greg Elmassian]

We have a car locating service called lojack, basically a transmitter to find a stolen car and the police have the receivers. In a spurt of new home development, people were stealing palm trees (now these trees were worth 5-10,000 dollars), so the nurseries put some lojack systems in the soil... caught the thieves.

There are now inexpensive trackers, about $10 each that sort of network, about the size of a gambling casino chip. Might not be a bad idea.

Greg

 

[PhilP]

Most the services (like Lowjack) partiailly consist of an ongoing monthly subscription..

Greg obviously knows more about this, than I..

 

[Greg Elmassian]

The thing I am thinking of is called "the tile" which comes in pretty small packages

Learn How Tile’s Bluetooth Tracking Device & Tracker App Helps You Find Your Lost Things | Tile

Tile’s Bluetooth tracking devices and Tracker App use smart technology to help you track down your lost items and find them quickly. Get peace of mind and free US shipping!

www.thetileapp.com

fairly inexpensive

Greg

 

[voodoopenguin]

As far as I can see these work using Bluetooth so are only useful for items lost nearby. The best BT range is Class 1 which is only 100m and most are not that class. I might of course be wrong.

Paul

The thing I am thinking of is called "the tile" which comes in pretty small packages

Learn How Tile’s Bluetooth Tracking Device & Tracker App Helps You Find Your Lost Things | Tile

Tile’s Bluetooth tracking devices and Tracker App use smart technology to help you track down your lost items and find them quickly. Get peace of mind and free US shipping!

www.thetileapp.com

fairly inexpensive

Greg

 

[Greg Elmassian]

Paul, watch the video, yes they use bluetooth to get to a nearby phone, but if you are running the app, you help others find their stuff, and then there is a premium service above that.

So, if you have enough people running the app, you have great coverage. Not perfect, but affordable. You want perfect, pay more.

Greg

 

[Paul M]

As far as I can see these work using Bluetooth so are only useful for items lost nearby. The best BT range is Class 1 which is only 100m and most are not that class. I might of course be wrong.

Paul

Looks interesting, even if it isn't 100% successful, it gives you a little bit of help, until of course, it's the phone you've lost