Find lost items through smartphones by 'paving stones'

Imagine that you are in a hurry because you are late to work and cannot find a motorcycle key or wallet. If you have "slices" then this problem will be solved easily. This is a device that helps you find lost items quickly.

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"Paving stone" is a small square device with a round hole in the left corner. Its size is only slightly larger than the tablet. The reason is called "paving stone" because its English name is "Tile" , the name easily refers to the Tile boxes of Windows Phone / Windows 8, but this is also the name of the company that made this device. .

Users can attach "Tile" to any item they want, such as wallet, key, laptop, bike . This device comes with an application on the phone. When the item is not found, you can open the application on the phone, it will connect to "Tile". The phone screen displays a signal wave column. The closer to the item the stronger the signal column. When you approach the item with "Tile", the phone will beep . The phone application is capable of finding "paving stones" in the range of 15 to 50m.

But that is not the impressive feature of "Tile" . The phone application has the ability to connect you to all "Tile" users , turning their phones into relay points to track lost items. If you are stolen from a bicycle, the "Tile" app will also help you find the location of the car even if it is located far away.

The father of "Tile" is Mike Farley and Nick Evans. In 2013, the two companies founded the company and called on people to raise funds to create "Tile" through an open software on the company's website. Everyone's response was positive when after just a few minutes they received a donation of up to $ 20,000. Soon after, they received $ 2.6 million from 50,000 individuals participating in support.

Currently "Tile" is being sold for $ 25 / tablet (VND500,000) on its website. Since its official launch, the company has sold 450,000 tablets to 125,000 people. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak also ordered several tablets. Wozniak even visited Tile's headquarters and took a photo with the two founders.