Infrared Waves
BY: Morgan Pratt
4 Uses for Infrared Waves
- communication between TV remotes and television
- toaster ovens
- weather forcast
- a snakes pit, and area on the front side of its head
Wavelength & Frequency range
wavelength: 25um - 750nm
frequency: 1x1013 - 4x1014 Hz
Video discribing Infrared waves
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Tour of the EMS 04 - Infrared Waves
Flir One
The Flir one is a iPhone 5/5s case. This case can recognize infrared waves. The Flir one minimizes the size required to recognize a visible infrared wave, inside a iPhone 5 case. The materials included are; one standard camera with infrared based thermal imaging, a second camera for visible light, a Soc (system on a chip), and a battery. This technology relies on an attached iPhone as means of saving and sharing. The CORE component is the Lepton long-wave infrared sensor, blending both pictures from the two cameras. Also the imaging device is as small as a dime which produces a lower resolution. The best range is a normal human-comfortable range.
The impact of this technology is being able to see things in a new way to find different and amazing things like seeing heat or cold radiate off of different surfaces. Its not everyday that the average person can hold a phone that can recognize infrared waves.
Release date: July 23,2014. Discovered by Flir.
Fun Fact: Flir stands for forward looking infrared.
camera/ features/ date of release
Flir One: Personal Thermal Imager for iPhone [Macworld 2014]
Citations
tittle: Flir one gives your iPhone infrared predator vision (arstechnica.com)
tittle: explore- MSX technology (flir.com)
tittle: Electro Magnetic Spectrum (st-andrews.ac.uk)
tittle: Press- launch release (flir.com)