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> IR temperature sensor for checking your body temperature or stuff you baking in the oven > tiny thermal camera sensor for inspecting leaks in house for the w

by mnkv 2y ago

> IR temperature sensor for checking your body temperature or stuff you baking in the oven > tiny thermal camera sensor for inspecting leaks in house for the winter So just a thermometer gun? It costs like $20-30 on amazon and I've never needed one other than in my home / kitchen. Why in the world do you want a phone for this haha. I do think I've found the perfect car for you: https://tenor.com/view/homer-simpsons-car-gif-8120474 https://tenor.com/view/homer-simpsons-car-gif-8120474

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ValentineC 2y ago
On that topic, I would have liked a new AirPods Pro to be able to monitor my body temperature through my ears, while I'm working out. It would be nice to have constant monitoring against a baseline as well, to alert people when a fever might be breaking out.
pzo 2y ago
If they are producing and selling it on amazon means someone buying it even if you don't need it. Body temperature check definitely would be handy. Those sensors definitely don't cost $20-30. I had CC1350 SensorTag and it already had that for retail price also around ~$35 (but altogether with 10 different sensors inside and that bought 10 years ago).
- zamadatix 2y ago
  They also sell smart outlets, back massagers, and garden sprinklers on Amazon. That doesn't imply people would find them handy in their phone. I think it'd be an easier pitch in the watch though as that's where they are already shoving most of the health sensors (and have wrist temperature monitoring already).
  - mrlatinos 2y ago
    I read that first part in 2007 Steve Ballmer's voice.
    - zamadatix 2y ago
      You can also read it in 2015 Tim Cook's 3D touch announcement voice or Zu announcing the ZTE device with a 3D screen in 2017 or whoever at LG announced the wide angle lens, got meh to bad reviews about it, and then it took off afterward anyways. My point here is I'm not saying it can't ever be something anyone would want because of that rather something selling in another device on Amazon has no weight one way or the other on whether it'd be a good thing to add to a phone.
lucb1e 2y ago
There's lots of devices that can do all sorts of things, but not needing a separate device was their point

by mnkv 2y ago

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ValentineC 2y ago

On that topic, I would have liked a new AirPods Pro to be able to monitor my body temperature through my ears, while I'm working out. It would be nice to have constant monitoring against a baseline as well, to alert people when a fever might be breaking out.

pzo 2y ago

If they are producing and selling it on amazon means someone buying it even if you don't need it. Body temperature check definitely would be handy. Those sensors definitely don't cost $20-30. I had CC1350 SensorTag and it already had that for retail price also around ~$35 (but altogether with 10 different sensors inside and that bought 10 years ago).

zamadatix 2y ago
They also sell smart outlets, back massagers, and garden sprinklers on Amazon. That doesn't imply people would find them handy in their phone. I think it'd be an easier pitch in the watch though as that's where they are already shoving most of the health sensors (and have wrist temperature monitoring already).
- mrlatinos 2y ago
  I read that first part in 2007 Steve Ballmer's voice.
  - zamadatix 2y ago
    You can also read it in 2015 Tim Cook's 3D touch announcement voice or Zu announcing the ZTE device with a 3D screen in 2017 or whoever at LG announced the wide angle lens, got meh to bad reviews about it, and then it took off afterward anyways. My point here is I'm not saying it can't ever be something anyone would want because of that rather something selling in another device on Amazon has no weight one way or the other on whether it'd be a good thing to add to a phone.

lucb1e 2y ago

There's lots of devices that can do all sorts of things, but not needing a separate device was their point