Hello All,
I am very new (and I do mean new) to the modding community, I have an idea for something but I really dont know where to start. The biggest challenge is the following.
Does anyone know of a chip (I not even sure if this is possible) that broadcast / pulses a unique signal?
Thanks in advance
Adam
I've had the same kind of idea!
My pondering ended up with the following;
A smartphone already has by standard:
Bluetooth
Wifi
GPS
Cellphone-ish features...
So, I thought of a mesh-like function.
Data traffic travels via cell towers, we can use that data to triangulate somewhat within what district we are in.
GPS gives us a more fixed pos. It's what it was built for!
But, with wifi and bluetooth, we could handshake between smartphones, and establish links inbetween and with several phones, make our own triangulatory (yes, I might just have made that word up..) positioning system, that could also ask 'around' - who got a data connection active? The one that has, replies - I do! - and that data stream is then used, over low range BT or Wifi.
Of course, this would need a backend service somewhere on the interwebs, and the wording "there's an app for that" might not hold true to the max.. But, hey - thinkering is our thing, right? 
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Hope my rambling gave some new ideas!
I've had the same kind of idea!
My pondering ended up with the following;
A smartphone already has by standard:
Bluetooth
Wifi
GPS
Cellphone-ish features...
So, I thought of a mesh-like function.
Data traffic travels via cell towers, we can use that data to triangulate somewhat within what district we are in.
GPS gives us a more fixed pos. It's what it was built for!
But, with wifi and bluetooth, we could handshake between smartphones, and establish links inbetween and with several phones, make our own triangulatory (yes, I might just have made that word up..) positioning system, that could also ask 'around' - who got a data connection active? The one that has, replies - I do! - and that data stream is then used, over low range BT or Wifi.
Of course, this would need a backend service somewhere on the interwebs, and the wording "there's an app for that" might not hold true to the max.. But, hey - thinkering is our thing, right? .
Hope my rambling gave some new ideas!
