A small computer with a camera or sensors takes over a task that comes back every day: logging temperatures, handing out keys, counting machine output. Standard parts instead of a big project, no rebuild of your equipment. The analysis runs inside the box; only figures and alerts go online.
For each box we are looking for three pilot businesses in Germany.
Each box solves one clearly defined task. What already runs is marked; for the rest we are looking for pilot businesses.
Probes in fridges and cold rooms measure around the clock. The box keeps the temperature log for your food safety checks digitally and alerts you as soon as a unit gets too warm. On request, the same box counts finished portions with the kitchen camera.
A cabinet with electronically locked compartments: your customer receives a code by SMS, the right compartment opens, every handover and return is logged. For locksmiths, garages, holiday flats and property managers.
A camera looks at the signal tower and the output from the outside. The box detects running, idle and fault states, counts parts and sends output and downtime to a dashboard or by messenger. The machine’s controls and wiring stay untouched.
No special device that only we can repair. The parts are available from any electronics retailer; we set up the software for your task.
Raspberry Pi 5 with an AI accelerator: recognises images inside the box, without the cloud.
Camera, temperature probe, door or current sensor, depending on the task.
Message by messenger or email, a dashboard with history, and on request a relay that opens a lock.
We first set up each box at three businesses and measure what it achieves. After that it goes into regular operation.
30 to 60 minutes in a video call: task, location, network. Then a fixed price for the pilot.
Configure the box, install it on site, set up alerts and the dashboard for your team.
After four weeks: what the box detected, where it was wrong and whether regular operation pays off.
Ideas we can build with the same technology. No pilot yet, so on request.
The hardware usually costs a few hundred euros. For the pilot we quote a fixed price after the free first check, before you decide.
For alerts, yes: via Wi-Fi, network cable or a mobile data stick. The analysis itself runs inside the box.
No. It measures, documents and reports deviations automatically; responsibility and corrective action stay with the business. We clarify in the first check which records your food inspection authority expects.
No. The camera looks at the signal tower and the output from the outside. Controls and wiring stay untouched.
The images are analysed inside the box; figures and alerts are transmitted. Where employees are in view, we agree the use with you and, if there is one, with the works council.
M2D GmbH, Am Turm 11, 53721 Siegburg, Germany.
Tell us about a process that takes up your team’s time. We discuss where automation could help and what is needed to define the next step.
Useful details: which box, where it should go, whether there is Wi-Fi or power and a photo of the spot.
HEINRICH SCHNEIDER / DDC
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Contracting party: M2D GmbH, Am Turm 11, 53721 Siegburg · initial call free of charge · Pricing · Security & data protection