Introducing Beacon

1. By @teguhn

4. By @teguhn

8. Kontakt

17. Museum and Exhibits: Tour guide
Hospitals: Visitor guide
School: Attendance
Conference: Map and schedule of events
Home Automation: Intelligent lights and heating
Marketing: In-store analytics, big data

21. Beacons
An App
A Beacon Management App
A Beacon Management ‘Cloud‘
A Content Management System

22. Manufacturers
Price
Website
BlueCats
NA
http://www.bluecats.com/
BlueSense
Integration kit £17.99
Retail kit £20.99
http://bluesensenetworks.com
Estimote
Developer preview kit (3 Beacons) $99
http://estimote.com/
Gelo
Standard (2 Beacons $70.00)
http://www.getgelo.com/
Glimworm
3D printed version $50
http://glimwormbeacons.com/
Gimbal by Qualcomm
Standard £3
https://www.gimbal.com/
Kontakt
Standard $81 x 3 $135 x 5, $1100 x 50
http://kontakt.io/
Sensorberg
Mini Beacon Starter Kit -with 3 Beacons€89.00
http://www.signal360.com/
Sonic Notify
1 Beacon $30
https://sonicnotify.com/
Accent Advanced Systems
€59.99 x 3http://ibeacon.accent-systems.com/
Footmarks
NA
http://footmarks.com/
GemTot USB Beacons
$25.00 x 1
https://passkit.com
GPShopper
NA
https://www.gpshopper.com
Radius Networks
RadBeacon USB from $ 21.00
RadBeacon Tag from $ 31.00
http://www.radiusnetworks.com/
Stick-N-Find
2-Pack $49.99
https://www.sticknfind.com

23. Your app might detect a beacon, find a second beacon, and then toggle between the two
Your app might toggle between different distances, thinking that it’s Near a beacon and then Far
Your app might lose all contact with beacons for a very brief interval
There might be delays in receiving lock screen notifications
Your app will behave differently when it’s in background mode versus “in front” and won’t detect beacons at all if the user has hard closed the app