[HN Gopher] Testing out BLE beacons with BeaconDB
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       Testing out BLE beacons with BeaconDB
        
       Author : zdw
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2025-10-25 20:26 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | JKCalhoun wrote:
       | Not quite sure what the author's project is, but these sound
       | interesting.
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       | Is there something like war-driving for BLE Beacons?
        
         | ciferkey wrote:
         | Author here. I have a big backlog of posts, but I did this one
         | first because I was trying to cram an explanation of BLE
         | beacons into the project post.
         | 
         | > Is there something like war-driving for BLE Beacons?
         | 
         | Yup, that essentially what Neostumbler is! If you have an
         | Android device go check it out.
         | 
         | My hope for the project is to make a little embedded device I
         | can use, so I don't have to drain my phones battery. Also
         | because it's fun to learn about a new topic.
        
           | JKCalhoun wrote:
           | Thanks. (iPhone user though. I'll look for another solution.
           | :-))
        
       | RicoElectrico wrote:
       | Interesting, because I _do_ detect many BLE beacons in a
       | residential building. These aren 't bona fide beacons, this I can
       | infer, but not sure what devices they are.
        
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