Tonight (July 25, 2007) Australia's ABC television show The New Inventors for the third time featured an invention containing a SPLat controller. The invention is called Tube Terminator, a machine that safely disposes of fluorescent tubes, compact fluoros and even large industrial HID lamps. The mercury vapor and other toxic substances are captured by the Tube Terminator instead of being released into the environment, making for completely safe disposal of tubes. The operation of the machine is controlled and monitored by a SPLat MMi202 controller. You can see the Tube Terminator video here. You can clearly see the MMi202 front panel layout at at the 1:12 time point in the video.
Congratulations to developer Karl Lapinskas for winning the Best Invention prize for tonight's show, and good luck for the finals. May you sell many, many Tube Terminators! Karl's website is here. I am sure Karl will agree that his company is a classic case of a small company that is enabled to do bigger and better things by using SPLat.
I always take special pleasure in being involved with products that contribute to saving our environment. Karl Lapinskas has been using SPLat controllers for many years in environmental management products. Our controllers are are also used in highly efficient air conditioners, materials recycling machines, solar water heaters and water saving showers, to mention a few.
