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OPTEC Launches Safe-Scan Contactless Infrared Temperature Scanners with Facial Recognition and Mask Compliance Features

CARLSBAD, CA / ACCESSWIRE / August 3, 2020 / OPTEC International, Inc (OTC PINK:OPTI) Today announced the launch of the company's new "Safe-Scan" stand-alone infrared temperature scanning technology ...
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VPR Brands LP Introduces VPR Verified Automated Infrared Body Temperature Scanner With Facial Recognition

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, June 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- VPR Brands, LP (OTC: VPRB) a leading edge innovation and technology products company is Launching its fully automated Infrared Body Temperature ...
The National Interest

Temperature Scanners are Flawed When it Comes to Identifying COVID-19

During the pandemic, the chances are that as you enter an airport or doctor’s surgery, someone will point an infrared thermometer at your forehead in order to assess your temperature. Your skin ...
The Next Web

Why temperature scanners won’t help us stop COVID-19

During the pandemic, the chances are that as you enter an airport or doctor’s surgery, someone will point an infrared thermometer at your forehead in order to assess your temperature. Your skin ...
CNN

Tyson Foods Q&A: Why We’re Using Walk-Through Temperature Scanners

SPRINGDALE, Ark., April 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- We’re working hard to protect team members during this challenging and ever-changing situation, while continuing to fulfill our critical role of ...
The Conversation

Temperature scanners aren’t good at telling who has COVID‑19 – here’s how to fix that

During the pandemic, the chances are that as you enter an airport or doctor’s surgery, someone will point an infrared thermometer at your forehead in order to assess your temperature. Your skin ...
Juneau Empire

High tech temp check: Devices with camera, infrared scanner part of lawmakers’ routine

When lawmakers arrive at the state Capitol building, one of the first faces they see is their own. Temperature-scanning kiosks positioned at the entrance read each person’s temperature before they ...
Travel Noire on MSN

What kind of heat sensor does TSA use? What to know before you step into the scanner

Airport security scanners have become such a routine part of flying that many travelers step inside without knowing what the ...
News Medical

Surface temperature scanner is an unreliable way to detect fever associated with Covid-19

Making people stand in front of a scanner to have their body temperature read can result in a large number of false negatives, allowing people with Covid-19 to pass through airports and hospitals ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Infrared fever scanners may have inaccurate readings, FDA cautions

The Food and Drug Administration is warning healthcare providers and consumers that some thermal imaging systems used to detect body temperature may provide inaccurate results. Also known as ...
The Washington Post

Those fever scanners that everyone is using to fight covid can be wildly inaccurate, researchers find

Temperature-scanning devices that check for fevers in schools, workplaces and public venues across the United States distort the results in a way that could overlook the telltale sign of a coronavirus ...