JERICHO, N.Y., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- bioMETRX Inc., announced that its second finger activated consumer/small business product will be available at retailers and distributors by Memorial Day 2007, in time for the summer season. The smartSTAT(TM) Thermostat uses finger activated technology to prevent unauthorized access to temperature settings.
bioMETRX developed this product to address the common problem of unauthorized changes in temperature settings by children, tenants, restaurant employees and patrons and store employees. “I can’t begin to tell you the numerous times I have been to restaurants, airports and shopping malls and have seen those ugly clear boxes that allegedly are designed to prevent access to a thermostat ripped off the walls. I have also witnessed waiters and hostesses constantly playing with temperature settings at restaurants,” stated Lorraine Yarde, COO of bioMETRX, Inc. “It’s actually amusing sometimes as people use paperclips and straws to defeat those boxes, while poking at the thermostats to try to manipulate the temperature,” noted Ms. Yarde. The smartSTAT(TM) Thermostat allows consumers and small business owners complete control over who can change temperature settings. The product allows an owner or manager to enroll up to 20 authorized users who can then change temperature settings. The smartSTAT(TM) Thermostat will be available to businesses in April 2007, and expected to be on the shelves of major retailers by May 31, 2007. The suggested retail price is $229.00. The smartSTAT(TM) Thermostat is fully programmable and is Energy Star compliant.
“The smartSTAT(TM) Thermostat is really a revolutionary product, and is the first biometrics based product that will actually save businesses and homeowners money on energy costs. Right now, to convert a business’s HVAC system into a centrally controlled computerized one costs tens of thousands of dollars. Our product is designed to simply replace the existing thermostat,” noted Ms. Lorraine Yarde, COO of bioMETRX, Inc. “We have received numerous online pre-orders and expect this product to be the newest, single most cost effective product in the HVAC world that will save its owners on energy costs,” note Ms. Yarde.
The company has established the smartSTAT(TM) Thermostat Hall of Shame at its website located at http://www.biometrx.net/hallofshame . This area allows you to look at existing thermostats that are installed at restaurants, airports, doctor’s offices, apartment houses and shopping malls, and to see just how vulnerable a thermostat is to tampering by unauthorized individuals. You can even submit your own pictures with a chance to win a smartSTAT(TM) Thermostat.
bioMETRX Inc. is a Jericho, New York-based research, development and marketing company that is utilizes state-of-the-art finger activated technology to create innovative, stand-alone security and electronics products for consumers and businesses. The company is focused on providing simpler, more secure and convenient products to protect property and save money.
About bioMETRX, Inc.
bioMETRX, Inc. through its wholly owned subsidiaries, designs, develops and markets biometrics-based products to the consumer, health information, medical devices and small business markets under the common brand name -- smartTOUCH(TM). bioMETRX Technologies, Inc. designs and engineers biometrics- based products for the home security, consumer electronics, medical products and patient medical information markets; smartTOUCH Consumer Products, Inc. tests and markets the company’s biometrically secured garage door openers, thermostats, deadbolts and home alarm keypads and, smartTOUCH Medical, Inc., designs, tests and markets biometrically secured medical crash carts, rolling medicine carts, portable biometric patient medical information devices. bioMETRX, Inc.'s entire product line is branded under the trade name “smartTOUCH(TM)”. For more information on bioMETRX and/or the company’s smartTOUCH line of products, visit the Company’s website at http://www.biometrx.net
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