pathetic piss kitten (@kitten)

pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

9mo

kitten playing with trackers

okay, so, my tinkering with Bluetooth beacons/trackers begins

I bought a bunch to be able to play around and see which one its holder likes the most

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masukomi @masukomi@connectified.com

9mo

kitten playing with trackers

@kitten I know you're looking for something homebrew, but I wanted to point out the Fi collars if you're not aware of them.

tryfi.com

they're not compatible with FindMy BUT they have some nifty hacks for enabling GPS tracking AND battery life:

- uses your phone va BT if its around instead of its own GPS
- talks with a base station to determine if it's "left home" & only invokes its GPS tracking then (via your phone or its internals)

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masukomi @masukomi@connectified.com

9mo

kitten playing with trackers

@kitten we have to recharge them every few weeks I think.

I dunno if you can get ahold of whatever internals they're using, but I'm a big fan of how it works (except for the annual subscription 😉)

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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat

9mo

kitten playing with trackers

@masukomi hmmm, these look nice, specially the fact they are already designed to be fitted in a collar

but yes, even beyond the homebrew interest, I feel the fact that they can't depend on Apple or Google tracking network and require its own internet uplink makes them less of an option... for starters, it means they're a lot more expensive. this device I just flashed costed me just 6€ + the coin battery

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masukomi @masukomi@connectified.com

9mo

kitten playing with trackers

@kitten Agreed. The thing they offer that the others don't is not just saying "they're here" but "they took this path to get here" AND they work when the creature being tracked isn't near anyone's phone.

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