My employer has opened some R&D time and money into Beacons and the Physical Web using Low Energy Bluetooth dongles, and it seems pretty interesting. I've searched around a little bit, but there doesn't seem to be much released into the wild using this technology. Apple with iBeacon, Google with Beacons and a few proprietary implementation and some up and coming ones on kickstarter. What are you personally doing in this field?<p>Edit: FWIW, I'm not involved in the project or idea generation where I work, just interested in maybe doing this with a side project. This or Tensor Flow or some other Machine Learning.
I am using a custom Nordic implementation to use them for ranging with a WIFi bridge. The biggest reason is to track small coin cell BLE tags along with detection for smartphones and the like.
I'm working on a(n unreleased) project using Estimote's beacons for a local client associated with tourism. The use case is fairly obvious for that market, I think.