Increases Solar Thermal R&D Opportunities

Des Plaines  IL, USA –  The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) recently announced the opening of its Combined Heat and Power (CHP) & Renewable Energy Laboratory to provide greater capabilities for developing a wide variety of highly efficient, environmentally friendly, renewable energy technologies such as solar thermal products. continue reading »

In Brunei  Thermal Cameras Use & HiN1 Vaccinations Increasing Also

In an online story on Feb 17, 2001 in the Brunei News that began: continue reading »

CBS News gets the goods on new devices

Online — David Gregg, senior editor of BehindTheBuy.com, recently shared on the CBS News website some examples of the latest personal fever thermometers that may give you peace of mind during the flu season in an article entitled A Higher Degree of Thermometer.

… fast forward to modern times, and you’ll see a new grade of thermometers that run on microchips and offer accuracy within 1/100 of a degree. Today’s thermometers can digitally measure temperatures on your forehead, underarm, orally, rectally, and aurally.

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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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Swine Flu Sparks Rush Orders For Thermal Scanners
That’s the title of an article on www.Investors.com (IBD) by Donna Howell.

Another related online article that shares some earlier information on the use of Thermal Infrared Cameras in a similar role during the SARS crisis states:

“Ministry of Health, Labour & Welfare of Japanese Government installed infrared cameras at major international airports for SARS prevention.

“NEC Avio’s cameras were installed at Narita International Airport, Kansai International Airport etc. Judge high fever of more than 38°C which is a characteristic symptom of SARS patient from temperature of human body.”

This latter article is one of the resources quoted on a South American website (www.termografia.com) with the headline:

Pandemic Emergency Alert!
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Wishing a joyous and peaceful holiday season to all
Southampton PA, USA — All the staff of Temperatures.com, Inc. wish our website visitors and advertisers a warm and happy holiday season.

The image shown here with this greeting is a special infrared thermal image sent to us by the folks at IRCAM in Germany.

It is the best Infrared image we have seen this season that combines a unique perspective of a seasonal sentiment and Infrared imaging technical expertise.

We were so taken with it that we asked if we could reuse it in our expression of holiday greetings on the Web. They were kind enough to grant us permission.

Thank you, Dr. Mónica López Sáenz at IRCAM GmbH!

Here’s how they describe the image creation:

IR Image with Multi-IT Mode

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