HACKER Q&A
📣 shreyshrey

Is there way you can covert smartphone to a no contact thermometer?


Wondering is there an infrared dongle that can convert your phone to a no contact thermometer to read body temperature?


  👤 westurner Accepted Answer ✓
Infrared thermometer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_thermometer

Thermography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermography

IDK what the standard error is for medical temperature estimation with an e.g. FLIR ONE thermal imaging camera for an Android/iOS device. https://www.flir.com/applications/home-outdoor/

I'd imagine that sanitization would be crucial for any clinical setting.

(Edit) "Prediction of brain tissue temperature using near-infrared spectroscopy" (2017) Neurophotonics https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469395/

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