Make your app "nearable" with Estimote beacons and Telerik AppBuilder
Jen Looper
- Developer Advocate - Telerik
- @jenlooper
- http://www.ladeezfirstmedia.com
What's a beacon?
More like this
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
Estimote beacons and stickers
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!
