These principles are important because...

The remote laboratory concept allows people access to resources they don't have. Engineers and scientists can use large and expensive pieces of equipment from their own office, reducing travel expenses and allowing access to larger numbers of people.
	Manufacturing engineers can update product line equipment and correct manufacturing line problems from their office.
Support engineers can troubleshoot and configure products without visiting the site, once again saving time and expense while speeding up customer service.
	Humanity can explore space, the ocean, volcanoes... places we would not normally be able to go because travel is not physically possible.

The concept of the Remote Lab arose out of these future internet possibilities.