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A
FANTASTIC
GIFT FOR
YOU AND
YOUR BOAT
by
John H. Vargo, Publisher
I
f you are constantly on the go, have very little time for anything
but work, and, like everyone else, have a cell phone growing out
of your hand, you’re going to love this new set of wireless sensors.
Finally a New Jersey-based company, ArmIt, has developed a set of
sensors that can be installed by Alex Marine Plus of Newburgh, NY.
ArmIt NOTIFI sensors installed on your boat provide a monitoring
service 24/7 to protect what matters most.
Whether it’s the fear of sinking because of high water in your bilge
or of a security breach if a window, door or cabinet inside your
boat is being entered or opened, this innovative battery-powered
wireless solution from ArmIt is simple.
In addition to the sensors, ArmIt also offers the MotionCam Pro,
which will snap a color photo of any intruder in a designated area
on your boat and email it to you with an alert about the breach.
This autonomous remote warning system concept has been
around for a number of years, but, up until now, has been very
expensive to buy and maintain.
NOT ANY MORE.
The constantly improving cellular network, with competitive
prices driving the cost down, coupled with the latest technology in
sensors, now provides the kind of service we used to dream about.
And ArmIt delivers it.
You can customize your installation for any sensors you wish,
place them on your “dashboard,” or on your phone and be aware of
what is happening on your boat from anywhere in the world.
I spent some time on Alex Marines family boat to see the actual
installation of the BILGEMAX high water remote monitoring kit. (In
this photo Alex forced the sensor to believe that it had detected
water in his bilge, so that I could take a photo of the iPhone
The Internet Of
Things (IOT)
You’re going to be hearing more and
more about IOT in the next few years.
The phase “the Internet of things”was
coined by Kevin Ashton of Procter &
Gamble, later MIT’s Auto-ID Center, in
1999!
It really means the complete
integration of everything we do in
our daily lives including boating. All
tied together with sensors and the
internet.
This Arm product is a good example
of wherewe are going. It really is about
sensors! Sensors in everything we do,
see and touch. It is only recently that
sensors, and the software that drives
them, coupled with a strong Internet
has allowed IOT to work as efficiently
as it now does.