Be innovative – Siren Operated Sensors – A little sweat and a little Idaho dirt develops an international company

Wayne Skeem, founder of an international company http://www.sosgate.com/ built from his own sweat and a little Idaho dirt, has four words for youngsters today:

“Be lazy. Be innovative.”

Skeem is most well-known for his invention, the Siren-Operated Sensor (SOS), which is a device that allows emergency vehicles immediate access to gated communities just by turning their vehicle sirens on within 100 feet of the gate. The device is Skeem’s most successful invention, but it’s not the only one.

While farming and driving his tractor in the late ‘60s, Skeem decided he did not like to get off the tractor, open the gate, and then close the gate after the tractor got through.

Laziness? Check.

So he took an air compressor and hooked it up to a device that recognized the sound of a vehicle horn; with this, he simply needed to drive up to the gate and honk his horn for access. Thus, the Horngate was born.

Innovation? Check.

By Rebecca De Leon

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