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An infrared remote control unit sends messages, using infrared ‘light’ to recorders and televisions. Point a remote controller at a light sensor and it may be able to pick up the signal. This likely works...
An infrared remote control unit sends messages, using infrared ‘light’ to recorders and televisions. Point a remote controller at a light sensor and it may be able to pick up the signal. This likely works...
Often used elaborately to produce a makeshift colorimeter, the light is very useful for many biology and chemistry experiments on rates of reactions. As monochromatic light is less important with turbid solutions the makeshift...
Nicola Terry hitches a ride on the Heatseekers vehicle in Cambridge as speaks with Dawn Morley. Dawn explains how their infra red camera is able to see where a house loses its heat. They...
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When the news told of the discovery of ‘another’ Mona Lisa, Roger Frost visited local inventor Lawrence Robinson of OPUS Instruments. He learned about the OSIRIS infra-red camera which had been used to verify...
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rogerfrost.com is a compendium of ideas for using technology to find answers to sciencey questions. Since 1995 it has provided ideas to school science teachers. Since 2020 we’ve focussed on questions around the home with a new home automation section. So today we look at ways to measure and monitor around the house.
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Roger Frost was a writer from 1988 and this web includes many of his articles for magazines and newspapers. They tell how the early Internet developed; how real scientists work and how real people, like you might use technology at home or school.
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