-
The First Thermometer
The Italian, Santorio Santorio (1561-1636) is generally credited with having applied a scale to an air thermoscope at least as early as 1612 and thus is thought to be the inventor of the thermometer as a temperature measuring device. Santorio's instrument was an air thermometer. Its accuracy was poor as the effects of varying air pressure on the thermometer were not understood at that time.
(http://www.brannan.co.uk/who-invented-the-thermometer) -
Dicovery of Infrared photography
Sir Frederick William Herschel, a German-born British astronomer, discovered while using a variety of colored filters to view sunlight, that some colors passed more heat than others. Directing sunlight through a glass prism to produce a spectrum, he measured the temperature of each color with a thermometer. From the violet to red parts of the color spectrum, the temperature increased. (http://www.lifepixel.com/infrared-photography-primer/ch1-history-of-infrared-photography) -
The First Obscura Camera
Joseph Niepce developed the camera obscura and took the first photo with it. It wasn't ideal, though, because it took 8 hours of light exposure to make a picture, and the picture faded with time.(http://www.softschools.com/timelines/camera_timeline/32/) -
Thermopiles
A series-connected array of thermocouples was known as a "thermopile", by analogy with the Voltaic pile, a chemical battery with the elements stacked on top of each other. The Danish physicist Oersted and the French physicist Fourier invented the first thermo-electric pile in about 1823, using pairs of small antimony and bismuth bars welded in series. The thermopile was further developed by Leopoldo Nobili (1784-1835)and Macedonio Melloni (1798-1854). (http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/POW) -
The First Bolometer
A bolometer is a scientific instrument used to detect and measure electromagnetic radiation. is typically used in situations where radiation is difficult to detect. These tools can precisely measure electromagnetic radiation in its various forms, from radio waves to ultraviolet radiation and gamma rays. It had the capability to detect radiation from a cow from 400 meters away. First invented in 1878 by Samuel P Langley.(http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-bolometer.htm) -
First Programmable Computer
The Z1 was created by German Konrad Zuse in his parents' living room between 1936 and 1938. It is considered to be the first electro-mechanical binary programmable computer, and the first really functional modern computer.(http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000984.htm) -
Infrared line scanners
The development of Infrared imagers began in 1946 when Infrared Line Scanners were created by the military. These ancient scanners would make a two-dimensional image in approximately one area by assembling many lines in one image.(https://books.google.com/books?id=_2DiOdYOaioC&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=The+development+of+Infrared+imagers+began+in+1946+when+Infrared+Line+Scanners+were+created+by+the+military.+These+ancient+scanners+would+make+a+t&source=bl&ots=R7uzstl9W6&sig=Q1a3tERSVZKV2nmzorbrrv4dQ -
First Theomagrphic Camera
a thermal imaging camera, sometimes also called an infrared camera, is able to pick up minimal temperature differences and convert them to a crisp thermal image on which the smallest of details can be seenThe first thermal imaging camera for the military was developed in Sweden in 1958 by a company named AGA, today known as FLIR Systems. (http://www.flir.com/uploadedfiles/Eurasia/MMC/Appl_Stories/AS_0007_EN.pdf) -
The Sars Outreak/ The first infrared fever screening system
SARS (Sevre acute respiratory syndrome) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus, In 2003 there as a SARS outbeak, where a total of 8,098, out of this 774 died. IFSS was originally developed in response to the SARS outbreak in 2003. Operating like a video camera the IFSS uses passive Infrared Imaging technology to take thermographs of people.Created by Singapore's Defense Science and Technology Agency (http://www.cdc.gov/sars/about/fs-sars.html) -
The Exergen Smart Glow TemporalScanner
The Exergen TemporalScanner™ Thermometer is a non-invasive system with advanced infrared technology providing maximum ease of use with quick, consistently accurate measurements. Advanced, patented technology measures temperatures with a gentle stroke across the forehead.The thermometer accurately reads a temperature in two seconds and gauges body temperature by capturing the naturally emitted heat from skin over the temporal artery.(http://www.exergen.com/medical/TAT/2000c.htm)
