ReFinder

Automatic identification techniques are present to provide information about persons, animals, things and products in shipment. Forgetting a wallet or a mobile phone, keys, USB drives etc is a common occurrence for most people, and a system which will help us remind about these things could be a beneficial one. The proposed paper, make use of Bluetooth technology to aid human memory, specifically to help people and the objects which they tend to forget. This involves configuration of the Bluetooth as master or slave, to scan for Bluetooth devices and receive their unique ID. This method is helpful for Bluetooth and non-Bluetooth devices, hence the flexibility of the system is increased thereby effectively reducing the entire size and cost of the system. ReFinder has been designed using Bluetooth modules in order to miniaturize the device and reduce the power consumption. The HC-05 BT module is used to implement the ReFinder. This work explored an alternative means of gathering information about the things which we tend to forget using Bluetooth technology. The system is potentially more effective aiding a person´s memory.