USP Sealed Pressure Mat, 14x24 in. (908)

I'm Bruce Bugbee, president of Apogee Instruments, and today I'd like to give you a brief overview of how we measure surface temperature. Now this is non-contact surface temperature, so it's done with Apogee infrared radiometers. I'm joined in this effort by Mark Blonquist, he and I have worked together on this for many, many years to refine this measurement. It's a powerful measurement, but yet quite challenging. And what I especially want to do in this talk is described what the Apogee Instruments' sensor does. It looks like this—here it is with the sensor— compared to much lower-cost sensors. Here's a little one, you can buy these for under $100. What's the difference in research-grade and hobby-grade? And this is a lot like taking a picture with your cell phone camera versus a professional-grade camera. When you need accurate measurements, you need research-grade sensors. So there