A split system heat pump's defrost sensor is used to detect ice buildup on the heat pump's outdoor coil. When ice builds up on the coil, it reduces the heat pump's ability to transfer heat, which can ...

Excess heat from electronic or mechanical devices is a sign or cause of inefficient performance. In many cases, embedded sensors to monitor the flow of heat could help engineers alter device behavior ...

[George Dewar] and his wife live in a typical 1940’s house in New Zealand , which in case you didn’t know, have a little insulation in the ceiling… and nowhere else. Like most, they put up with the ...

Up until the last few years, heat-sensing cameras — think Predator vision — were a thing that pretty much only the Army and the super rich got to play with. Then FLiR figured out how to make the ...

Using a subtle physics phenomenon similar to—yet unlike—the well-known Seebeck effect, researchers have developed an accurate internal heat flux sensor. Why heat flux (flow) is an important thermal ...

To give you an idea of just how hot it is, the heat has buckled the interstate and sent more than a dozen people to Sioux Falls emergency rooms. Despite the temperature, it can actually feel a lot ...

Heat stress is a persistent problem on construction sites during the summer months. Workers tend to push themselves to keep working even as they begin to show signs of heat exhaustion, and safety can ...

Inspired by the behavior of natural skin, researchers have developed a sensor that will be suitable for use with electronic skin. It can measure changes in body temperature, and react to both sunlight ...

A PPE company has launched a high-tech real-time worker heat-monitoring system. Kenzen's Cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) system includes a wearable device worn by workers on their arm that ...

It’s midday and temperatures are soaring above 50 degrees Celsius. In many countries, this would spark a heat warning, but in Dubai’s sweltering summer, it’s just another day. And for workers at an ...