Finding an accurate thermometer that can measure temperature at a
distance is hard to come by, especially if you dont have the pockets to
shell out thousands of dollars for military-grade sensors (the kind
usually installed in fighter jets).Some users of IR temperature sensors
may not need that level of accuracy but are looking for something more
affordable as well as smaller that has incredible accuracy in its own
right. This is where Dexter Research Center shines, as the company
released its DexTemp 1000 Non-Contact IR Temperature Monitor last
month.
The sensor is roughly the size of a Flash drive and
projects an infrared beam that monitors the radiation emitted from the
surface of an object at a distance. Dexter designed the sensor around a
thermopile detector it developed that converts thermal energy into
electrical energy by the temperature differences (gradient) between both
sides of the device.
The voltage produced by the DexTemp 1000
due to the temperature gradient taken by the IR beam is then translated
into a real-time graph that allows the user to monitor and record said
object's radiation temperature. The sensor is connected to a PC through a
USB connection, which is used in conjunction with Dexter Research
Centers software on Windows-based systems.
Those who think
Dexters temperature sensor is still too large for application purposes
may want to take a look at Thermodo -- an ultra-small electric
thermometer capable of taking the ambient temperature readings in your
immediate area. The thermometer, designed by Robocat, uses a plug-in
temperature sensor (coupled with a convenient carrying key ring for
portability) that connects to your mobile devices headphone jack. Once
connected, the device automatically starts to monitor the temperature in
your area and can be monitored on your mobile device using an app that
displays real-time temperature information in a graph form. This allows
the users to garner temperature information in their local areas instead
of using weather reports from local stations located miles away.
Robocat successfully funded Thermodo on Kickstarter, surpassing its initial goal of US$35,Choose from a large selection of Customized Silicone Bracelets to
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available) with your name engraved on it, as well as becoming a
consultant of sorts for the Robocat team in refining the Thermodo. At
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this year, with no word yet when it will become available to the
public.
Based on the peer-to-peer bittorrent protocol, it
consisted of a Firefox browser plugin that offered a dead-simple way for
users to share files on their computer with anybody else in their
AllPeers buddy list. Sadly, however, the startup was arguably ahead of
its time and deadpooled in 2008.
(When I met the defunct companys co-founder and serial entrepreneur Cedric Maloux in 2011,Handy Pocket Mirror with
hinged lid that doubles as a stand. I excitedly uttered the words, you
were like Dropbox before Dropbox. He gave me a look in return that only
those who have failed startup scars can truly appreciate.)Of course, it
could be argued that in the time thats passed, the one-to-one and
one-to-many file sharing problem has largely been solved thanks to the
cloud and a plethora of file sharing and cloud-storage services that
ride its coattails. But still, I couldnt help have my interest piqued
when hearing about French startup Infinit, which enters private Beta
today with a new P2P file sharing service that is more than a little
reminiscent of the simplicity of AllPeers.I was looking for an option
to Customizable Ear Caps to wear with my half.
Shunning
bittorrent for its own file sharing technology developed off the back
of co-founder Julien Quintards PhD research on decentralized file
systems while at the University of Cambridge the Mac OSX-only app sees
Infinits service integrated directly with OSXs Finder, not dissimilar to
Apples own AirDrop for local network file sharing.
Once
installed, the Infinit icon shows up in the users Finder favourites,
just like their own home folder or an attached USB drive, for example,
whilst the Infinit interface consists of 8 avatars seven of your most
shared with friends plus yourself and a search bar for finding and
sharing with others, including based on their email address. File
transfers are initiated via a simple drag and drop of the content you
wish to share onto the avatar of the person you wish to share it with,
and a menu item in the Finders menu bar keeps tabs on how file transfers
are progressing, new file transfer requests, and access to other
settings.
In terms of security, Infinit says it uses direct
encryption for files transferred between a senders device and a
recipients device, ensuring both security and privacy such that no
third-party can ever interact with or access the exchanged data,
including Infinit itself.
Pricing-wise, Infinit will offer a
free option with a limit of 2GB for file sizes, and various paid plans
where file size will be unlimited. In addition,This vertical Cable Organizer can
be mounted to either. it says that anyone who downloads Infinit during
its private Beta will get an unlimited version of the file transfer
application for life.
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