Pixie Begins Shipping GPS-Based Location Trackers for Lost Items
Pixie Technology announced availability of the Pixie location tracker for iPhones in a Tuesday news release. The trackers are said to use augmented reality to show the location of misplaced objects, differing from Bluetooth types that make users “chase a…
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beep” to find lost items by showing visual cues on the iPhone screen, said the company. Pixie uses signaling technology based on GPS principles, and range is 30-50 feet indoors, 150 feet outdoors, it said. According to a survey commissioned by Pixie among 1,700 consumers last fall, consumers’ top misplaced item is a TV remote, lost by more than 71 percent of consumers at least once a month, followed by phones, keys, glasses and shoes. A two-pack of Pixie Points is $49; a four-pack, $69, at getpixie.com.