RadoStefanov Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) I have been looking in to tracking technology and how it can benefit us. I had success today tracking a comtek with tile Velcrod on it. It was simulated event "I told my producer to just set it somewhere in the 5 buildings where we shoot" but I found it successfully in the paint shop. I believe I can break the tile plastic and tape the blutooth board and battery with Kapton Polyimide Film Tape inside a comtek or my OneUnit. I see a lot of possibility for us to benefit from this technology. Gps trackers are interesting as well but bigger then Blutooth. I will post some pictures tomorrow. P.S. Yes I understand that this technology is scary and can lead in to totalitarian society where the government will require everybody to have one implanted but LETS FOCUS ON THE POSITIVES here Please Edited September 1, 2015 by RadoStefanov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bash Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 I worry slightly about the concept of a tiny gizmo that can be made to make a noise remotely. What if it goes off in the middle of a take? I also worry about a gizmo that can be double pressed and it will make your phone make a noise, even when it is on silent!!!! Same issue. Can you imagine all the crew and SA's having their various devices making noises in the middle of a take? Yet more noise pollution on set ;-) Kindest, sb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Mills Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Tried TRACKR earlier in the year. It's not a great choice for a few reasons. 1)Map App Not very precise. About a one city block is as small as it can tell you. which is not consistently enough for you to hear if you turn on its sound producing function. My mixer felt it was better than nothing, but I don't think it was that helpful 2)you can match a max of 10 of them per mobile device, and I am not certain that you really get a unique identifier per trackr unit. That is, I think we had two tx units with the same signature. 3) the battery life for the disc battery is ..... 6-10 hours! making it prohibitively expensive to deploy these very day. Edited September 1, 2015 by Christopher Mills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted September 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 I worry slightly about the concept of a tiny gizmo that can be made to make a noise remotely. What if it goes off in the middle of a take? I also worry about a gizmo that can be double pressed and it will make your phone make a noise, even when it is on silent!!!! Same issue. Can you imagine all the crew and SA's having their various devices making noises in the middle of a take? Yet more noise pollution on set ;-) Kindest, sb if the device is inside the comtek nobody can press it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Being based on Bluetooth I wonder how good the range is going to be. I'm sure the shop your testing in is quite large, but what if the unit's through multiple walls etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonG Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Tile works best if there are more around. They bounce signal off of each other sort of how Verizon wireless technology increases cell reception the more users it has. So if you have a number of them on set they will work better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Nunez Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Check out http://www.geareye.co I don't know how effective this will be but it looks promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Dolinger Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 GearEye looks really cool, but I'm not sure it will be good for finding lost stuff or doing anything beyond checking what's in a bag. RFID range depends on the frequency band they're using (here's a nice link if you want to read more http://www.impinj.com/resources/about-rfid/the-different-types-of-rfid-systems/) - basically the higher the frequency, the greater the range, but the tag has to be more specialized (antennas/power/etc) and metal interferes with higher frequencies. The LF band, which reads the best on metal, only has a range of 4 inches or so. So unless they have some magic up their sleeves, it could be a pretty limited system. I had this idea a couple years ago but never went beyond the very simplest research steps - very cool that these people followed through with it! I'm hoping they did work some magic because I want to use something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 I would like a "tracking technology" for boom operators and actor heads - "Here is the sweet spot bitch". Sorry for the off topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantin Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 I would like a "tracking technology" for boom operators and actor heads - "Here is the sweet spot bitch". Sorry for the off topic. Next step: the mic will do this without the boom-op... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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