Filo Tag is a tiny device that helps you keep track of your valuables
Tech entrepreneur Lapo Ceccherelli has developed a six-millimetre-wide tracking device that can help you find a lost smartphone or set of keys.
When the Filo Tag is attached to valuables, users can press a button on the accompanying smartphone app and the tracker will ring if it is less than 80 metres away ? within the Bluetooth range.
The tracker has three other functions. If you lose your phone, you can press a button on the front of the tracker twice, and the phone will ring, even if it's on silent.
You can also check the last known position of the tracker, if the item it's attached to is out of Bluetooth range.
Forgetful users can set the app to notify them when they start to move out of range, so they don't leave the house without important items.
The tracking device works using Bluetooth Low Energy ? a technology that offers a similar range to regular Bluetooth, but using significantly less power. This allows the battery to last up to a year.
Initially Filo employed a Parisian agency to work on the design, but the company soon realised they wanted to collaborate rather than watch from the sidelines.
"We weren't looking for someone to think for us, we needed someone to work together with us, integrating their knowledge and skills with ours," said Ceccherelli.
They decided to work with Italian design studio Pizzolorusso, which previously designed crumpled city maps for Palomar.
Lead designer Emanuele Pizzolorusso said: "I tried to keep the design as...
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