The Practical Internet and Investment Opportunity (or Start Your Engine)
It takes a lot to impress me these days, which I guess is a good thing. But, this has to be one of the best uses of the Internet from a practical standpoint to demonstrate a product that I have yet seen.
On this site, you can actually start and control a diesel engine from you computer. It just goes to show you what can be done using remote technology.
First, it is a great demo for their product, secondly, it shows how one person can monitor and control situations remotely rather than have someone monitoring on site.
Why this is not done more often I have yet to figure out. The technology has been around for years. I can think of dozens of applications where this could be used to help bond customers to your product or actually reduce employee costs and or add to safety and efficiency of an operation.
The Product is the Dems-1000 engine management system. You can even control it via your cell phone!
Click Here to take a look and play with the engine. It will probably scare Chuck their computer programmer too. He said he is often alone in the warehouse there. He says you never know when the darn thing is going to start up. LOL
Here are some specs:
Oil Level Vibration Oil Pressure Engine Overspeed Oil Temperature Battery Voltage Water Temperature Alternator Fuel Pressure Air Filter Monitor Fuel Flow Water in fuel Fuel Tank Level Auxillary Inputs Manifold Pressure - Remote and Local Keypad Control
- Access from Internet, cellphone, RS485, or twisted phone pair.
This is the type of thing, that could end up being a fairly large product in my estimation. Who knows, they might just be looking for investors or new distribution channels. In any case, it could be worth keeping an eye on.
Anyway, go ahead and start the engine and give Chuck a start too.
