Radio tags and beacons will not allow you to forget or lose things. Medgadgets Collection

Modern technology allows you to not forget things and prevent their loss. RFID tags and beacons can be attached to a phone, tablet or even a pet collar. After that, you will always know where this or that thing is located. Well, or where the pet escaped. In the sequel - a large selection of Anti-Theft tags, devices that allow you to secure your luggage on the trip and remember what you need to take on the road.

Anti-theft Stick N Find

Stickers of this type provide a constant signal due to which the Radar Screen application (iOS, Android) shows the location of things with installed beacons. If things are not already in the range of the label, then the application can be configured to notify when the label appears. Such a function can be used, for example, at the airport, to detect your luggage in a common "carousel".

The beacon can be triggered when leaving the contact zone with the phone. This feature can be used to control pets by sticking Stick N Find to the collar. If the animal has moved outside the safe area, a buzzer sounds and a message appears on the phone’s display.

• Communication Type: Bluetooth 4.0;
• Signal type: constant, radio signal, sound, light;
• Working distance: about 30 meters;
• Mount: Magnetic, or mechanical, in the form of a medallion or pendant;
• Display on the map: the Radar Screen application shows only the remaining distance to the Stick N Find beacon, but not the direction;
• Work offline: about a year, CR2016 battery; After the battery can be easily replaced;
• Application: Radar Screen (Adnroid, iOS);
• Price: 2990 rubles;
• Features: the sticker has a buzzer and a light, so you can find a thing with an attached beacon even in complete darkness.

GOkey: charger, cable, search device, flash drive

This gadget is not a beacon sticker, the device is multifunctional. GOkey can be used as a data cable and a charger for the phone. There is also a memory module that allows you to always have important information with you.

In addition, there is a built-in beacon. The beacon works in conjunction with a mobile application (iOS, Android). The application on the mobile device shows the distance to the beacon. The latter should be used as a keyring. If the application shows that the keychain is already close, then by pressing a button you can turn on the sound signal on GOkey, and it will immediately become clear in which direction you need to continue searching.

In addition, by clicking on the button on GOkey, you can turn on the sound on the phone - this is how reverse search works. Now, neither the keys nor the phone will be lost in the apartment or office.

• Communication Type: Bluetooth 4.0;
• Signal type: constant, radio signal, sound;
• Working distance: about 30 meters;
• Mount: mechanical, keychain;
• Display on the map: the application shows only the remaining distance to GOkey (signal strength as a percentage) but not the direction;
• Work offline: several days, battery;
• Application: Adnroid, iOS;
• Price: 3800 rubles;
• Features: the sticker has a speaker, you can find a thing by the sound.

Anti-theft Tile

A waterproof beacon mark to prevent the loss of the thing on which the beacon is mounted. The mount is mechanical, the label can be hung on any thing: a guitar, a wallet, a phone, anything.

The tag works in conjunction with a smartphone application. If the label goes beyond the phone’s visibility, the latter gives a signal. The application on the smartphone will allow you to find the tag anytime, anywhere.

• Communication Type: Bluetooth 4.0 (2.4GHz ~ 2.4835GHz);
• Signal Type: Radio Signal;
• Working distance: about 45 meters;
• Mount: mechanical, keychain;
• Display on the map: the application shows the last location of the label;
• Work offline: year, built-in battery. When the battery runs down, the manufacturer changes the label for a new one for free;
• Application: Tile app (iOS);
• Price: 2000 rubles (but the beacon is discontinued, and it is no longer on sale);
• Features: one application can work with 10 beacons.

Anti-theft hipKey

This gadget works in several modes at once:

• Alarm mode when the device is triggered when a distance of 50 meters is exceeded between the mark and the phone;
• Safe zone mode - in this mode, the device works if it is attached to the collar of the animal, or to the clothes of the child. If there is a move beyond the safe zone, a signal is triggered, a notification arrives on the smartphone;
• A motion sensor allows you to detect even the slightest movement of a thing that should be motionless. Useful if you want to insure against theft;
• The “find me” mode works when you press either the device button, then the phone is detected with the sound signal of the latter, or when the button is pressed in the application for the mobile device, then the sound comes from the beacon itself.

• Communication Type: Bluetooth 4.0;
• Signal type: radio signal, sound notification (volume up to 90 dB!);
• Working distance: about 50 meters;
• Mount: mechanical, keychain;
• Display on the map: the application shows the last location of the label, the boundaries of the safe zone are also displayed;
• Work offline: several days, battery;
• Application: HipKey (iOS);
• Price: 5400 rubles;
• Features: the speaker volume of the device is up to 90 dB, the sound of such power is heard even from a long distance.

Anti-theft Chipolo

Easy to use and practical keychain tag. If you lose the item to which the keychain is attached, the mobile application will show where the last time the tag was found. When you click on the button in the application, the label starts to emit sound signals.

You can also use a tag to search for a paired smartphone. To do this, the label must be shaken, and the phone will emit a beep.

Chipolo can also be used as a means of tracking pets. The application will always inform you if the animal has moved away from the owner at a distance exceeding 60 meters.

The device determines the ambient temperature by transferring this data to the application on a mobile phone.

• Communication Type: Bluetooth 4.0;
• Signal type: radio signal, sound notification;
• Working distance: about 60 meters;
• Mount: mechanical, keychain;
• Display on the map: the application shows the last location of the mark, the distance to the mark, the boundaries of the safe zone are also displayed;
• Work in an autonomous mode: half a year, the replaced CR2025 battery;
• Application: Chipolo (iOS, Android);
• Price: 1400 rubles;
• Features: to search for a smartphone you need to shake the label. The label is also equipped with a temperature sensor, and transmits temperature information to the smartphone. Thus, the label can also be used as a thermometer / weather station.

If RFID tags, beacons, are interesting to you, then the second part of the collection, another 5 tags, you can find on the Medgadgets blog .