Typically only found in the toolkits of law enforcement and the military, the FLIR ONE smartphone camera gave thermal vision to any consumer with a few hundred bucks. But today FLIR revealed a professional version for those who want to use the thermal camera for more than just running around pretending to be aā¦
Unless youāve dropped tens of thousands of dollars on a Hollywood-caliber drone that can hoist full-sized cameras, the carrying capacity of your hobby quadcopter is probably limited. So instead of designing a thermal imaging accessory that works alongside a GoPro, FLIR just created its own action camera that can alsoā¦
Weāve just wrapped up the second day of Mobile World Congress, the annual mobile technology conference in Barcelona. Weāve seen smartphones, VR headsets, and some batshit crazy stuff (see photo above)āand almost all of it has been awesome. Here are some of our favorites:
Most phones these days are basically the same. A little gimmick here, a pinch of innovation thereābut essentially theyāre all identical. Thatās not the case with the Cat S60, which is the first smartphone to have FLIR thermal imaging built in. We tried the little beast at MWC and boy, this thing is insane.
Once strictly an extremely expensive tool used only by law enforcement and the military, thermal cameras are now accessible to anyone with a smartphone and a $250 accessory. But starting with Caterpillarās new rugged S60, thermal imaging sensors are starting to be built right into smartphones.
The FLIR Scout TK is a compact night-vision camera, with heat sensors capable of taking thermal images from up to 100 yards away. Unlike other FLIR offerings, you donāt need your smartphone to use this one, it weighs six ounces, it doesnāt need ambient light to operate, and its four-inch length means itās easy to tuckā¦
DJI squarely owns the prosumer end of the drone market with its insanely popular Phantom and Inspire quadrotors. Presumably, the addition of thermal-imaging capabilities to its higher-end drones is meant to lock down that market, not make it easier to hunt and kill humans. Presumably.
The Flir One thermal imaging camera is awesome fun, but when you put the technology on a drone, it also becomes quite useful. Thatās why the company is now targeting anyone from farmers to firefighters with a new camera, the Flir Vue Pro thatās specifically designed for the GoPro mounts on drones.
Thermal cameras that can see a personās body heat were once expensive tools that only police and the military used. But now theyāre small and cheap enough to work alongside your smartphone. And FLIRās latest model will make anyone feel like the Predator hunting its prey.
A security camera is a useful tool for providing evidence when something obvious happens in your home, but whatās happening during all the other hours it records that you simply donāt have time to watch every night? FLIRās new FX Wi-Fi camera uses intelligent motion tracking to create a simultaneous replay ofā¦
We loved everything about the compact FLIR ONE thermal camera the company announced at CES last year, except for the fact that it was initially only available for iOS devices, and it required your phone to be trapped inside a fairly cumbersome case. So the company decided to fix that, revealing a tiny new version ofā¦
What if your dining room table could show you when your coffee or cocoa is too hot to drink? That could be a reality today: hacker Ken Kawamoto shows us how with a technique called thermal projection mapping.
Have you every wondered what the world would look like if you could observe mundane tasks like smoking, frying an egg, kissing, showering, and eating in infrared Predator vision? This video uses a thermographic camera to show the heat emitted during various activities.
BuzzFeed recorded normal, everyday things people do with a thermal imaging camera to see what our bodies' temperature looks like when we're, well, doing normal, everyday things. Spoiler: it makes a lot of things look really gross, especially exercise which looks like a damn disease.
Thermal cameras were once expensive and bulky hunks of equipment that very few people could get their hands on. No longer. With FLIR's new iPhone case thermal imaging cameras are now both affordable and incredibly discreet, which means that evil-doers can use it to see the thermal signature your fingers leave on aā¦
There's no doubt about it, being able to see more than just the visible spectrum is the closest thing most of us will ever have to superpowers. Seeing the world through its heat signature is almost like having x-ray vision, and let's not forget, even the Predator made sure to bring his thermal camera with him on hisā¦
Back in January we stumbled across one of the most exciting iPhone accessories we've seen in years. FLIR took the thermal imaging technology it sells to law enforcement and the military and squeezed it down into a compact iPhone 5/5S case called the FLIR ONE that will finally be available for pre-order startingā¦
CES ain't quite what it used to be. Pretty much all the big guys have pulled out in favor of doing their own events. The phones are OK and the 4K TVs pretty, but a dime a dozen. But there are still some hidden treasures that are amazing. Here's all the stuff from CES that made us squeal with glee.
When you're digging for CES gold, you can usually ignore about 99.99 percent of the iPhone accessories announced at the show. But in that last 0.01 percent is where you can find some real treasures. This year FLIR has managed to shrink the same thermal imaging technology it sells to law enforcement and the military soā¦
FLIR, or Forward-Looking Infrared, has long been a staple technology for militaries around the world, allowing operations under the cover of night without the blinding shortcomings of conventional night vision goggles. And slowly but surely, this heat-sensing imaging technology is working its way into the consumerā¦
