Wiliot logo

Coming soon: a cheap Bluetooth beacon without a battery

Wiliot aiming for proof-of-concept trials in 2018.

Israeli company Wiliot is developing a tiny, low-cost Bluetooth beacon that will have no battery but rely on drawing radiofrequency energy from nearby Bluetooth and WiFi networks.

It’s a ground-breaking prospect that promises to allow organisations to add communications to almost anything at very low cost, and without need for power.

Wiliot claims the device will be the size of a fingernail and cost less than $US1, able to receive and transmit data and perform a limited amount of computation. However, it has given no indication of what inputs will be available to enable the device to perform useful functions.

 

Read the full article by Stuart Corner at IoT Hub.