iPod/Phone/iPhone Finder

I lose shit a lot, especially when high. So since some iPods, more and more cell phones and all iPhones can connect to a wireless network, I would love it if I could use my laptop to locate some of these items. It could tell the proximity or strength of the signal giving some idea of where to start the search.
Another idea -along the same lines-would be to make bluetooth key chains for car keys so that your computer could pick up where those might be.

Submitted by: Libbs05 25 weeks 2 days ago – Made popular 25 weeks 1 day ago
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dude, this is an awesome idea, mostly for my girlfriend, i seen something at brookstone like it for remote, keys, whatever. you attach these little beepers and there is one central thin the you press to make the desired item beep

edrizzleski 25 weeks 1 day 18 hours 22 min ago

Check out apple.com/mobileme

Finds your phone
Sends it a message and pings it remotely—even if it's on vibrate
Remotely wipe if necessary
And it'll sync your data

TheWARDen 25 weeks 1 day 17 hours 30 min ago

Call your phone. You're a retard

canuck 25 weeks 1 day 14 hours 9 min ago

You are right about the cell phone, calling it is a solution I had also thought about. The car keys and the ipod are more problematic. Also, i shut my phone on silent while at work, and its been lost while still on silent. But this is a problem that other might not have to deal with. Phones were not the only point of this post/or this idea. I dont think that it warrants any negative comments, but I appreciate you presenting a possible solution.

Libbs05 25 weeks 23 hours 30 min 11 sec ago

Brilliant, but should be made for loads of objects! Or the objects have built in chips so that they could be found. I tend to do it with more important stuff like cheques, headphones, the dog and baggies.

Teabagyouraunt 25 weeks 19 hours 51 min 15 sec ago

I think we should just have a consumer-grade version of this—like a sheet you can just peel RFID stickies off and stick 'em on whatever we like and be able to track them via some web interface or something. And of course there'd have to be an iPhone app...

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