Make your app "nearable" with Estimote beacons and Telerik AppBuilder

Jen Looper

• Developer Advocate - Telerik
• @jenlooper
• http://www.ladeezfirstmedia.com

What's a beacon?

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beacons might feature:

• a bit of memory
• accelerometer
• temperature sensor
• bluetooth
• long-lived battery
• gecko-sticky!

bluetooth signal

• beacons broadcast using bluetooth
• find them between 2 inches and 230 feet distance
• invisible underwater

your phone picks up a signal

• estimates distance
• places phone in a context
• measures signal strength
• can ping 10x/second

beacons have a unique id

and moar!

• triangulate location
• geofence
• detect context changes

Periculum!

beacons can be hacked

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hacking the CES beacon scavenger hunt

• http://makezine.com/2014/01/03/hacking-the-ces-scavenger-hunt/

Estimotes as of YESTERDAY are more secure

then

now

OH WELL

the unboxing

Let's build something!

full tutorial:

http://bit.ly/beacons-appbuilder

BookBeacon: an app for a public library

Built as a Kendo UI app in Telerik Platform

http://platform.telerik.com

Leveraging Telerik's curated Plugin Marketplace

http://plugins.telerik.com

...our new Estimote plugin!

teh codez