Huh, this sounds like it could dovetail beautifully with FirefoxOS's attempt to blur the lines between "native apps" and web content.
It'd probably be pretty easy to have these things show up in an "Ambient" smart collection on the homescreen, or in the universal search pane...
Edit: Looks like you can get this running on an RFDuino (https://github.com/google/physical-web/blob/master/documenta...), which are currently $20 at MicroCenter, and a USB shield is $25. Still 2 in stock in the Twin Cities, if anyone else is interested!
It'd probably be pretty easy to have these things show up in an "Ambient" smart collection on the homescreen, or in the universal search pane...
Edit: Looks like you can get this running on an RFDuino (https://github.com/google/physical-web/blob/master/documenta...), which are currently $20 at MicroCenter, and a USB shield is $25. Still 2 in stock in the Twin Cities, if anyone else is interested!
Edit 2: ...Though, it looks like FxOS doesn't currently support BLE (https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/Bluetooth#Unsupported_Bluetooth...), so this may not be the most useful path at the moment. :)