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 ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIb1scnD67o&w=470] [Rob] lives in a 100-year-old house, and with these antique lath and plaster walls and old window frames ...

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 ...

[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 ...

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 ...

Millions of New Yorkers struggle with lack of heat during the winter. But consistently tracking an apartment's temperature is an onerous task for tenants. That's where the small and affordable Heat ...

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 ...

The sensory hairs of the Venus flytrap contain a heat sensor that warns the plant of bush fires. It reacts to rapid temperature jumps, as researchers have discovered. The Venus flytrap can survive in ...