Key finders, also known as keyfinders, key locators, or electronic finders, are small electronic devices fitted to objects to locate them when misplaced or stolen, such as keys, luggage, purses, wallets, pets, laptop computers, toddlers, cellphones, equipment, or tools, and to transmit alerts, e.g., that one's restaurant table is ready or a nurse is needed. Some key finders beep or flash lights on demand.
Interior of a sound-based key finder
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs). In the most widely used mode, transmission power is limited to 2.5 milliwatts, giving it a very short range of up to 10 metres (33 ft). It employs UHF radio waves in the ISM bands, from 2.402 GHz to 2.48 GHz. It is mainly used as an alternative to wired connections to exchange files between nearby portable devices and connect cell phones and music players with wireless headphones.
A Bluetooth earbud, an earphone and microphone that communicates with a cellphone using the Bluetooth protocol
Ericsson Bluetooth module PBA 313 01/2S R2A, manufactured in week 22 of 2001
A typical Bluetooth mobile phone headset from the early 2000's
A handheld, waterproof JBL Bluetooth speaker with a rechargeable battery, made in the late 2010s