"See the Unseen, Master the Heat!"
Published on Aug. 2, 2023, 7:16 p.m.
In the hierarchy of infrared thermometers, there is a massive gap between the $15 "hardware store special" and the $150 profess…
Published on Aug. 2, 2023, 7:24 p.m.
In the world of industrial diagnostics, relying solely on an infrared (IR) thermometer is a rookie mistake. While IR guns are f…
Published on Oct. 19, 2023, 4:06 p.m.
For decades, the home thermometer was a device that lived in the back of the medicine cabinet, retrieving only during moments o…
Published on Aug. 2, 2023, 4:18 p.m.
In the toolkit of the modern tradesperson or serious DIYer, the infrared thermometer is ubiquitous. It offers the seductive pro…
Published on Aug. 2, 2023, 7:21 p.m.
It is a common and frustrating scenario: a new infrared thermometer is pointed at a pot of boiling water, but instead of 212°F …
Published on Nov. 1, 2024, 9:37 a.m.
We live in an age of technological magic. We expect our devices to be instant, intuitive, and infallible. The non-contact foreh…
Published on July 16, 2024, 9:49 a.m.
In the year 1800, the astronomer William Herschel was conducting a simple but elegant experiment. He used a prism to split sunl…
Published on Nov. 1, 2024, 11:50 a.m.
You've likely seen them standing guard at the entrances to physician offices, corporate lobbies, and schools—silent, unassuming…
Published on Nov. 1, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
There is a universal, primal anxiety that grips a parent in the dead of night: the silent heat radiating from a child's forehea…
Published on Nov. 1, 2024, 11:04 a.m.
There is a universal ritual known to almost every parent: the midnight check. In the quiet darkness of a child's room, you pres…
Published on Nov. 1, 2024, 10:03 a.m.
It’s a scene familiar to anyone who has cared for a loved one: the fever that arrives in the dead of night. With it comes a wav…
Published on Nov. 1, 2024, 11:56 a.m.
In the early 17th century, the Italian physician Santorio Santorio, a friend of Galileo Galilei, would spend hours trying to qu…
Published on July 16, 2024, 9:26 a.m.
That gentle touch to your child's forehead, the subtle warmth that sends a ripple of concern through you – it's a near-universa…
Published on July 16, 2024, 9:15 a.m.
It’s 3 AM. Your child stirs, warm to the touch. Worry creeps in. Reaching for the thermometer becomes an almost instinctive act…
Published on Oct. 20, 2023, 12:22 p.m.
Remember the ritual? The delicate glass thermometer, shaken down with a flick of the wrist, tucked uncertainly under the tongue…
Published on Oct. 20, 2023, 11:56 a.m.
Picture this: it’s the middle of the night. Your child feels warm, restless. You reach for the thermometer, bracing for the fam…
Published on Oct. 20, 2023, 8:40 a.m.
Remember those anxious moments, perhaps from childhood, waiting with a fragile glass thermometer tucked under your tongue, or t…
Published on Oct. 20, 2023, 7:06 a.m.
It’s a scenario familiar to many parents: the house is dark, silence reigns, but a small forehead feels worryingly warm to the …
Published on Oct. 20, 2023, 7:20 a.m.
It's a scene played out in countless households, often in the quiet hours of the night: a child stirs restlessly, their skin fe…
Published on Oct. 19, 2023, 3:16 p.m.
There’s a quiet anxiety that settles in the pit of a parent’s stomach when their child’s forehead feels unusually warm. That in…