TEMPMEKO & ISHM 2010 – 31 May-4 June 2010 – Portorož, Slovenia

The first Joint International Symposium on Temperature, Humidity, Moisture and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science will be held in Portorož, Slovenia, located on the Slovenian coast on the Adriatic sea.

It will be THE major event for temperature, thermal, humidity and moisture measurement community around the world. Visit the Symposia website at: www.tempmeko-ishm.org continue reading »

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Our offerings are both free & paid, and most reasonable in comparison to other information-rich niche resource sites.

The MeasurementMedia Division offers both unique advertising niches for suppliers and educational organizations along with a highly focused means to reach those seeking specialty information, services and products. Its focus is on Measurement Devices, Technologies, Standards, Education/Training & Practices.

We also have special concentration on Temperature & Moisture Sensors, with emphasis on the most rapidly growing industry segments of Infrared (Thermometry & Thermography) and Data Acquisition (DAQ) & Wireless. continue reading »

Global-avg temps from mid to end of 21st century may be higher than previously believed

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Fig. 1. Global average projections of temperatures and uncertainty. The top panel shows globally-average temperature (°C) projections from CCSM 3.0, based on A1FI, A2, and B1, along with error bars…

OAK RIDGE TN, USA — Climate scientists recognize that climate modeling projections include a significant level of uncertainty. A team of researchers using computing facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has identified a new method for quantifying this uncertainty.

The new approach suggests that the range of uncertainty in climate projections may be greater than previously assumed. continue reading »

Thermal imaging can detect elevated body temperature, one of the signs of the H1N1 virus (swine flu).
Ft Meyers FL, USA — As concern continues to mount about the spread of the swine flu globally, airport authorities are responding by using digital thermal Infrared imaging technology to scan passengers.

Thermal imaging can detect elevated body temperature, one of the signs of the virus H1N1 (swine flu).

“Medical thermal imaging at airports and any other locations where the public congregate targets individuals who are already symptomatic and likely to be infectious,” says Peter Leando, Ph.D., Managing Director of Meditherm.

Meditherm’s thermal imaging system is one of the only digital thermal imaging scanners designed specifically for the human body giving the airport authorities the accuracy that they are looking for to identify infected passengers traveling from country to country.

The company’s medical thermal imaging systems are in use at airports in Aruba, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

The highest risk for the geographic spread of infection is through travel and “seeding”. Thermal imaging of travelers has several benefits:
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USA (Opinion) — Yesterday came the report that India will join a growing number of countries installing IR Thermal Cameras at airports to screen for possible flu carriers.

We reported earlier about Thermal Camera installations in Australia, Bulgaria, Korea, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

(You can bet your bippie that the ones in China, Japan, Singapore and others have been trotted out, dusted off and placed back in service, if they were ever out-of-service)

Why doesn’t the USA have a similar policy? Is anything being done about it except diverting a few aircraft for one or two ill passengers? We haven’t heard or seen any reports and there’s precious little about efforts to thwart flu spreading from passengers arriving from Mexico

Yet while US authorities were apparently ignoring the airport screening issue, the big news yesterday was school children need no longer stay home for fear of H1N1 flu.
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Teddington, UK — An updated web page at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) website presents a brief introduction to the concept of temperature, its measurement and a lot more.

It begins: “The accurate measurement of temperature is vital across a broad spectrum of human activities, including industrial processes (e.g. making steel), manufacturing; monitoring (in food transport and storage), and in health and safety. In fact, in almost every sector, temperature is one of the key parameters to be measured.”

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