[Vanhackspace] Hardware for people/inventory tracking

[Gavin]

Hi Hackspace.

Long time lurker, but kinda curious about feedback for an project.

We have various small items (cellphones) that are tracked manually here at
work. Usually not a problem, but once in a while during rushes, people grab
an item, and forget to sign it out. So I was trying to think of a nice
system that could track a tagged item from leaving the container, and signal
an arduino or laptop on which specific item it is.
I'm at a loss for what could be used relatively cheaply to track items like
that.
It doesn't need a lot of range, or to be tracked where it is, just that its
being removed from some sort of holding container.

Thanks,
Gavin
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