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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Apple AirTags were a total game changer for me. Being able to pinpoint and locate things like keys and wallets, wherever they are in the world, has saved me no end of heartache, headaches, and wasted time. And the proliferation of third-party tags means that there are all sorts of tags for all sorts of applications.

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But the one drawback is that all the tags rely on cellular and Wi-Fi networks. What if you could get tags that operated on their own networks and could operate independently of the networks built by multibillion-dollar corporations? That's exactly what the Seeed Studio's SenseCAP T1000-E tracker card offers.