Nokia can help you find your keys with Locate Sensor

Nokia’s Research Center has cooked up a slightly left-field prototype that may yet see the light of day in a consumer product. The Locate Sensor is a small plastic fob that you can attach to anything you might lose – think keys, wallet, remote control, etc.

An app running on your (Nokia, natch) phone can track down the fob anywhere within a 100 metre radius and point you in the right direction.

At this point you may be thinking “Ahh! But what if you lose your phone, eh?” Cunningly, the system will work the other way around, with fobs being able to track down their twinned phone. You can ever set it so your phone will become inoperable if more than a few metres away from a fob.

Each phone can support up to 100 fobs, which should be enough for even the most absent minded punters.

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