Nio - Bluetooth keeps tabs on your losables...

For people who too often misplace items that are (or should be) kept on their person, technology is coming to the rescue: Nio is a small dongle which links with your phone via Bluetooth, allowing your phone to alert you if the tag ever leaves Bluetooth's 30-foot range. It would make sense to use for keys, briefcases, purses - but of course if you lose the phone and the Nio at the same time (and in the same way), you're outta luck. It's a fine idea - and one we've kinda seen before - but I'd like to see the unit itself get a little smaller. Also, the marketing line - "do you nio?" (in all-lowercase, no less) - is a little obnoxious. Trying to make a personal-stuff-security product cool or trendy, eh, it doesn't seem to fly...
[via Gadling and Engadget]