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Re: Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera

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Post by Daub » Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 2:04 PM UTC

aembleton wrote: post #233

Daub wrote: post #215

Since Apple started making phones out of freekin glass, I have only bought rugged phones. One problem I had with my Cat was that the compass did not work properly (inaccurate and erratic). This made using Google maps almost impossible. I had the same problem with my rugged Doogeee. My rugged Nokia is a lot better, but is woefully under powered. In my efforts to find the perfect rugged phone, I honestly feeling like I…

Just get a good protective case for the phone of your choice.

Nope. Doesn't work. Tried it. The kind of case my life style would require makes the phone almost unusable.

Re: Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera

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Post by SpelingBeeChamp » Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 4:07 AM UTC

LWIRVoltage wrote: post #336

SpelingBeeChamp wrote: post #317

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I brought a 640 x 480 ThermApp Pro with me on vacation to Buenos Aires recently. This might come as a surprise to you, but no one asked me about my camera's frame rate :P Hey, wait... are you the person on the EEV Blog Forum who wrote about your saga of trying to figure out how to legally ship your camera to Israel for repair? That was also a ThermApp, no?

Yes, that was me -i did successfully send it to the manufacturer for repair , also! Didn't think that was too notable, but i guess i'm the only person ever who did the process so it stands out when someone talks about it, huh? lol

I thought it was interesting, but I took particular note of your experience because I own a Therm App Pro. It’s an amazing device. I only wish there was an easy way of powering it directly.

Related, do you know of a source for other lenses? I have the standard (19mm?) and 35mm lenses, but I’d love to have some larger lenses that are compatible with the imager.

Re: Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera

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Post by ljf » Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 11:17 PM UTC

essentialfloss wrote: post #331

ljf wrote: post #289

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I dislike wasps - BUT the good thing if you find a nest, is the knowledge that they will never return to a nest the following year - so the next actually becomes something that will help prevent future wasp infestations. When we bought our last house I changed a light fitting and live wasps poured out - I was freaked out, and put the fitting straight back. A few days later I went into the attic to put some boxes up t…

There has been a wasp nest inside a tree in my yard for 5 years.

Maybe it is just British wasps? https://www.mjbpestcontrol.co.uk/news/how-do-you-know-if-a-w....