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Re:Walking increases spontaneous fluctuations in the brain by afarrell on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:04PM (#28357071)
This app indicates that existing Android and iPhones can already act as receivers. Can you (or anyone more familiar with the tech) verify that is true?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27294649/i-want-ble-broa...

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Re:Walking increases spontaneous fluctuations in the brain by bigdict on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:12PM (#28357186)
Receivers of BLE broadcast packets? Yes, that's how devices are discovered. It's just that you can also stuff those packets with a payload and transfer data (one way) without a connection.
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