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• Infrared sensing in snakes — The ability to sense infrared thermal radiation evolved independently in several different families of snakes. Essentially, it allows these animals to “see” radiant heat at wavelengths between 5 and 30 μm to a degree of accuracy such that a blind …   Wikipedia

• Infrared vision — can be defined as the capability of biological or artificial systems to detect infrared radiation. The terms thermal vision and thermal imaging [ thermal imaging Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © (P)2007 Microsoft… …   Wikipedia

• Infrared thermometer — Infrared thermometers infer temperature using a portion of the thermal radiation sometimes called blackbody radiation emitted by the object of measurement. They are sometimes called laser thermometers if a laser is used to help aim the… …   Wikipedia

• Infrared and thermal testing — is one of many Nondestructive testing techniques designated by the American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) [Jackson, C.N. and C.N. Sherlock, 1998, Nondestructive Testing Handbook: Leak Testing, page 519, Library of Congress Cataloging… …   Wikipedia

• Infrared — For other uses, see Infrared (disambiguation). An image of two people in mid infrared ( thermal ) light (false color) …   Wikipedia

• Infrared photography — Top: tree photographed in the near infrared range. Bottom: same tree in the visible part of the spectrum …   Wikipedia

• infrared imagery — That imagery produced as a result of sensing electromagnetic radiations emitted or reflected from a given target surface in the infrared position of the electromagnetic spectrum (approximately 0.72 to 1,000 microns) …   Military dictionary

• infrared imagery — That imagery produced as a result of sensing electromagnetic radiation emitted or reflected from a given target surface in the infrared position of the electromagnetic spectrum …   Aviation dictionary

• Remote sensing (archaeology) — Remote sensing techniques in archaeology are an increasingly important component of the technical and methodological tool set available in archaeological research. Rindfuss,Ronald R and Stern, Paul C. Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science:… …   Wikipedia

• Mid-InfraRed Technologies for Health and the Environment — (MIRTHE) is an Engineering Research Center (ERC) funded by the National Science Foundation. It was launched on May 1, 2006 as part of NSF s larger program of ERCs. Largely based at Princeton University and Rice University, initial funding of the… …   Wikipedia

• Remote sensing — There are two kinds of remote sensing. Passive sensors detect natural energy (radiation) that is emitted or reflected by the object or surrounding area being observed. Reflected sunlight is the most common source of radiation measured by passive… …   Wikipedia