The Bluetooth sensor in a mobile phone is a potentially useful way to detect and lower the risk of exposure to some common kinds of credit card skimmers. What's False A mobile phone's Bluetooth ...

so when [SHS] was investigating some low-cost Xiaomi sensors it was discovered that it is possible to convert them from their general purpose Bluetooth protocol over to the more IoT-specialized ...

Bluetooth technology and standards are opening the door for engineers to use portable smartphones and tablets to make sensor nodes more helpful in monitoring a host of parameters. Connecting a ...

Each sensor continuously monitors the pressure in its assigned tire, then uses Bluetooth to relay that information via smartphone app or to an in-car receiver. Because Bluetooth is a low-energy ...

Bluetooth trackers and IoT-style connected gadgets have given us tech that James Bond once could only dream about, but startup Metasensor has even broader ambitions than Q. Sensor-1 is a roughly ...

It uses very low power compared with Wi-Fi, but it's still not low enough to operate with a button cell battery or a sensor on a bicycle." Edlund said Bluetooth version 4.0 is initially aimed at ...