Company: Temperature@lert, Boston, MA
Company Description: The most critical aspect of any company's day to day activities revolve around temperature. Temperature@lert is the leading provider of low-cost, high-performance temperature monitoring products. Our products provide early warning of temperature changes before it's too late. Since launching, over 15,000 Temperature@lert products have been sold to customers in over 40 countries. Temperature@lert sy
Nomination Category: Products & Product Management Categories
Nomination Sub Category: New Product or Service of the Year - Industrial Products & Services

Nomination Title: Temperature@lert Solar Cellular Edition

Tell the story about this nominated product or service (up to 500 words). Describe its function, features, benefits, and performance to date.

The most critical aspect of any company's daily activities revolve around temperature and other environmental factors. Temperature@lert’s Solar Cellular device is an easy-to-use and setup weatherproof, solar-powered environmental monitoring device. It was developed to better serve our industrial users, especially in the agricultural vertical. Farmers with smaller budgets and fewer technical resources need a way to ensure that their crops are not compromised.

Almost all farmers in the US over-water accounting for nearly 90% of all water use (137 billion gallons of water per day). They over water out of fear of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars of crops. Temperature@lert's Solar Cellular Edition can cut water use by up to 70% without reducing crop yield resulting in massive water cost savings, fuel savings (it takes fuel to pump water on to the field) and increased water quality from less run-off. One unit can save enough water in a year for up to 9000 people (Conservatively assumes a 200 acre farm, 6.21 gal water/cu ft on farm per year, 50% water reduction, and 50gal/day of water use per person).

The precursor is the Temperature@lert Cellular Edition, 2011 Stevie Award Finalist (Best New Product/Service: Computer Hardware); however, that version standalone was not designed to be weatherproof or measure soil moisture.

In response to the need to be outdoors, the Solar Cellular Edition was created specifically for our industrial agricultural users. Existing systems cost upwards of $10,000. Temperature@lert’s Solar Cellular Edition provides similar functionality at a fraction of the cost and can be installed in minutes – simply put it in the sun and the unit powers itself on and sensor readings magically appear online.

This weatherproof device operates using a solar panel that recharges lithium-ion batteries. Used in conjunction with our Sensor Cloud service, a cloud-based environmental monitoring system, the device communicates with our secure server by transmitting data via cellular GSM signals and alerting to different conditions set by the user. The device requires no PC or internet connection and handles smart plug-and-play sensors that require no set-up. A user just needs to login to their Sensor Cloud account http://www.myalertlist.com/ and simply set their alerts, thresholds, and personal settings to begin use.

With demand, we have created capabilities for monitoring humidity, expanded range temperature, soil moisture, frost, leaf moisture, rain, pressure, tank level, and wind speed. The Sensor Cloud service now offers a complimentary iPhone, iPad, and Android apps that allow the user to remotely monitor via smartphone too. Currently, Temperature@lert is developing more monitoring capabilities and predictive analytics in order to meet industrial users’ needs because innovation is key.

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Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about the leader(s) of the team that developed this nominated product or service:

As the CEO of Temperature@lert, Harry Schechter gets to combine his greatest talents - technology innovation and problem solving. Harry first honed these skills as the co-founder and CTO at Doceus, Inc. Part of the company for more than 10 years, Harry was instrumental in Doceus’ ranking as one of TechWay Magazine's 50 fastest growing companies in Washington, DC. Harry received a bachelor’s degree in Applied Science from Miami University, and an MBA from MIT's Sloan Fellows Program where his research focused on commercializing cloud-based sensor systems.