Certainly an april fools, given all the pictures are stolen from existing products http://www.simplesite.com/SoaringEye/87195539 / http://www.core77.com/blog/events/and_the_winner_iszon_hearing_aid_11531.asp
-Matthew On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Mike Borgelt <mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com> wrote: > At 07:40 AM 18/04/2012, you wrote: > > > > I suspected the same. But I saw a thermal sensing system at Oshkosh in 1996 > where the inventor claimed that he had to detune the setup as it could sense > thermals (using thermocouples on the wing tips and tail) beyond glide range > of a glider. > This could be this invention. > PeterS > > > There's no problem detecting infrared radiation. The problem is filtering > what you see. > > I've got a little contactless IR thermometer I bought for about $45 some > years ago. It detects the sky and clouds quite nicely and if you point it at > a wall it tells you the temperature of the wall's surface. Good for checking > for heat leakage in insulation. I use it to check the temperature of the > teflon frying pan surface we use to set the epoxy that holds down the > components on our circuit boards before soldering. > > I really should fly it and point it at the ground to see which bits are > warmer than others. At low altitude a system like that could scan the ground > ahead and steer you towards the warmer areas. > > Satellites can and do use sensing of microwaves from an oxygen isotope to > get atmospheric temperature information. This isn't infra red though and I > don't know how large/heavy and power intensive the sensors are. Yeah, > there's the link to Climate science. > > Mike > > Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring > instrumentation since 1978 > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
