refimprove date October 2009 File Infraszauna 001.jpg thumb The interior of an infraredsauna. An infraredsauna uses Infrared heater infrared heaters to emit infrared thermal radiation radiant heat which is absorbed directly into the human body, unlike traditional sauna s which heat the body indirectly via air or steam. Health benefit claims A study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis showed a reduction in pain, stiffness and fatigue during infraredsauna therapy, but this could have been due only to chance i.e. not the sauna as these did not reach statistical significance. ref cite journal author Oosterveld FG, Rasker JJ, Floors M, et al. title Infraredsauna in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. A pilot study showed good tolerance, short term improvement of pain and stiffness, and a trend towards long term beneficial effects journal ... problems, such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome . Only if the sauna uses far infrared technology, the sauna ... humid hot air saunas. This is because far infrared rays do not heat the air inside the sauna, but they still heat the body. However, most infrared saunas in the market do not use the expensive far infrared panels, which can be touched because they remain always cold, but much cheaper low and medium infrared heaters, which remain very hot when used and also heat the air of the sauna. Energy expenditure and weight loss Some infraredsauna proponents claim that the sauna is an effective method for considerably ... InfraredSauna Category Bathing Category Light therapy cs Infrasauna de Infrarotw rmekabine fi Sauna Infrapunasauna ... can easily sweat off 500 grams in a sauna, consuming nearly 300 kcal, which is equivalent to running ... title Effects of the sauna journal JAMA volume 247 issue 1 pages 28 year 1982 month January pmid 7053434 ... the excessive heat absorbed from the sauna. The body reacts to the excess heat flux by increasing ... more details
. Saunas can be divided into two basic styles conventional saunas that warm the air or infraredsauna s that warm objects. Infrared saunas may use various materials in their heating area such as charcoal, active carbon fibers, and other materials. History Etymology The word sauna is an ancient Finnish ... into water on the skin this can be confused with perspiration. In an infrared dry sauna ...Other uses Image Savusauna.jpg thumb 250px A traditional Finnish shore sauna view from Kannonkoski , Central Finland Image Finnish Sauna in Korpilahti.jpg thumb 250px A Finnish wood heated sauna in Korpilahti , Central Finland Image Sauna 2.jpg thumb 250px A modern Finnish sauna. A sauna IPAc en icon ... heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these and auxiliary facilities. A sauna session ... equivalents in the Finnic languages such as the Ingrian language Ingrian and Votic word sauna ... languages other than Finnish, sauna does not necessarily mean a building or space built for bathing ... in Swedish language Swedish , sauna is bastu badstuga , bath cabin . First saunas The oldest known saunas were pits dug in a slope in the ground and primarily used as dwellings in winter. The sauna ... to 8 hours, and then letting the smoke out before enjoying the l yly , or sauna heat. A properly heated ... Gen Web Julia Adamson accessdate 2010 12 07 ref As a result of the industrial revolution, the sauna ... Finnish sauna . Steam vapor, also called l yly IPA l yly , was created by splashing water .... ref name Maki Cite web last Maki first Albert title New Finland Sauna New Finlandin saunat work New ... cansk Finnish NewFinlandSauna.html accessdate 2010 15 27 ref The Finns also used the sauna as a place to cleanse the mind, rejuvenate and refresh the spirit, and prepare the dead for burial. The sauna was and still is an important part of daily life, and families bathed together in the home sauna. Because the sauna was often the cleanest structure and had water readily available, Finnish women also ... more details
. For example it is used in infraredsauna s to heat the occupants, and also to remove ice from ...Other uses pp move vandalism small yes File Ir girl.png thumb right An image of two people in mid infrared thermal light false color File Wide field Infrared Survey Explorer first light image.jpg thumb right This infrared space telescope image has blue, green and red corresponding to 3.4, 4.6, and 12 micron wavelengths respectively. Infrared IR light is electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelength ... near room temperature. Infrared light is emitted or absorbed by molecules when they change their Infrared ... in the form of infrared radiation. Sunlight at zenith provides an irradiance of just over 1 kilo kilo watt per square meter at sea level. Of this energy, 527 watts is infrared radiation, 445 ... ref The balance between absorbed and emitted infrared radiation has a critical effect on the Earth s climate. Infrared light is used in industrial, scientific, and medical applications. Night vision devices using infrared illumination allow people or animals to be observed without the observer being detected. In astronomy, imaging at infrared wavelengths allows observation of objects obscured by interstellar dust. Infrared imaging cameras are used to detect heat loss in insulated systems, observe ... 405 THz 1.7 eV 3.3 eV style background FFE8E8 Infrared 750 nm 1 mm 405 THz 300 GHz 1.24 ... 3 Hz 1.24 meV 12.4 Femto f eV Infrared imaging is used extensively for military and civilian purposes ... forecasting . Infrared astronomy uses sensor equipped telescopes to penetrate dusty regions ... www.ipac.caltech.edu Outreach Edu importance.html title IR Astronomy Overview publisher NASA Infrared ... ic level, infrared energy elicits vibration al modes in a molecule through a change in the Molecular ... for molecules of the proper symmetry. Infrared spectroscopy examines absorption and transmission of photon s in the infrared energy range, based on their frequency and intensity. ref cite web last ... more details
Sauna may refer to Sauna , a small room or house designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions Finnish saunaSauna Open Air Metal Festival , music festival in Finland Sauna film , Finnish horror film of 2008 Disambiguation no Sauna pl Sauna ujednoznacznienie ru fi Sauna t smennyssivu ... more details
Primary sources date December 2009 File Rajaportti sauna1.jpg thumb right 260px Rajaportin sauna. Rajaportin sauna is Finland s oldest working Finnish sauna public sauna . The sauna was founded in 1906 in Pispala in Tampere . Rajaportin Sauna is owned by Tampere city and run by the Pispalan saunayhdistys ry. External links http www.pispala.fi rajaportinsauna englanti.html Rajaportin sauna association homepage AND here are the media reports http www.pispala.fi rajaportinsauna peruslinkit sauna mediassa.html coord missing Finland Use dmy dates date November 2010 DEFAULTSORT Rajaportin Sauna Category Buildings and structures in Tampere Category Non profit organisations based in Finland fi Rajaportin sauna ... more details
Sauna parish lang lv Saunas pagasts is an administrative unit of the Prei i District , Latvia . Towns, villages and settlements of Sauna parish Latgale geo stub Cities and parishes of Prei i District coord missing Latvia DEFAULTSORT Sauna parish Category Parishes of Prei i District lv Saunas pagasts ... more details
For other sauna variants from around the world sauna Refimprove date April 2010 Image Smoke sauna.JPG thumb 250px A smoke sauna savusauna in Enonkoski . Image Sauna 2.jpg thumb 250px A modern sauna. The Finnish sauna is a substantial part of Culture of Finland Finnish culture . There are five million inhabitants and over two million sauna s in Finland an average of one per household. ref http www.stat.fi ... people the sauna is a place to relax in with friends and family, and a place for physical and mental ... of the sauna The sauna in Finland is such an old phenomenon that it is impossible to trace its ... of habitation and variant rule by Russia and Sweden, it is possible that the sauna custom evolved ... were cleaning themselves in saunas at least once a week. One reason the sauna culture has always flourished in Finland has been because of the versatility of the sauna. When people were moving the first thing they did was build a sauna. You could live in it, make food in the stove, take care of your ..., more densely populated places in Europe, availability of wood needed to build and warm the sauna has never been an issue. Another reason for its popularity is that in such a cold climate, the sauna ... as in the winter. Finnish sauna customs Saunas are an integral part of the way of life in Finland ..., and even at the depth of 1400m in Pyh salmi Mine , and at the Parliament of Finland . The sauna ... Sauna Culture Not Just a Clich . The Finnish Sauna Society. ref and those who have the opportunity usually take a sauna at least once a week. The traditional sauna day is Saturday. ref Korhonen, N. http www.helsinki.fi lehdet uh 498b.htm The sauna a sacred place . Universitas Helsingiensis , 4 1998, Helsinki University, Helsiki. ref The sauna tradition is so strong that even Finns abroad enjoy a good sauna, probably the reason the Finnish Church in Rotherhithe , London, has its own sauna ... , a sauna was one of the first buildings to be erected. Citation needed date December 2008 A Second ... more details
File Sauna suit.jpg frame alt A typical sauna suit A typical sauna suit A sauna suit is a garment made from waterproof fabric designed to make the wearer Sweating sweat profusely. A sauna suit is sometimes .... Now, sauna suits are typically made of PVC or coated nylon cloth. The construction is typically ... and moisture within the garment. In some sauna suits, the jacket also includes a Hood headgear hood to provide additional retention of body heat. Weight Loss A sauna suit is commonly worn during physical exercise as an aid to weight loss, ref http www.dietspotlight.com sauna suits review Sauna Suits ... a sauna suit actually help me lose weight.html Can a sauna suit actually help me lose weight? Boxing Depot ref Because of this dehydration effect, sauna suits should be used with great caution, and while drinking water. The body temperature elevation and water loss while wearing a sauna suit can ... caused by extreme dehydration ref Thus, a sauna suit should not be worn while doing extreme exercise ... at Columbia University ref discourage sauna suit use during exercise under any circumstances. A sauna suit is not intended for wear in a sauna . Some clothing suppliers assert that the use of a sauna ... page.html?id 31 How the Sauna Suit Works by SaunaSuitStore.com ref and calorie burning. ref http www.saunasuitstore.com page.html?id 30 Benefits of Sauna Suits by Elite Sports Nutritionist Fred ... Do I burn more calories when in a sauna suit.html Do I burn more calories when in a sauna suit by Boxing ... Myths by Stew Smith, Military.com Fitness Center ref A possible effect of wearing a sauna suit is that it may ... a sauna suit gives the impression of getting a good workout . ref http www.youtube.com watch?v 9b80OQJYxD4 A sauna suit workout by Kyle, a collegiate wrestler ref Body Wrapping Sauna suits are also ... and or herbal preparations and then covered with a sauna suit. The purpose of this process is to enable the wearer to sweat out toxins . ref http www.buzzle.com articles sauna suit benefits.html ... more details
notability date October 2011 Infobox film name Sauna image size image Sauna FilmPoster.jpeg border alt caption director Antti Jussi Annila producer Jesse Fryckman br Tero Kaukomaa writer Iiro K ttner starring Ville Virtanen actor Ville Virtanen br Tommi Eronen br Viktor Klimenko singer Viktor Klimenko music Panu Aaltio cinematography Henri Blomberg editing Joona Louhivuori studio Bronson Club distributor Sandrew Metronome released Film date 2008 9 5 Toronto International Film Festival 2008 10 24 Finland runtime 83 minutes country Finland language Finnish budget 930,679 ref name ses cite web url http www.ses.fi en film.asp?id 876 title Sauna work ses.fi publisher The Finnish Film Foundation accessdate September 11, 2011 ref gross Sauna , also known as Filth ref cite web url http www.elonet.fi title ekuuej title Sauna 2008 work elonet.fi publisher National Audiovisual Archive Finnish Board of Film Classification accessdate September 11, 2011 ref or Evil Rising , ref cite web url http www.cine vue.com 2011 07 dvd releases evil rising sauna.html title DVD Releases Evil Rising Sauna author Migliorini, Matt date July 25, 2011 work cine vue.com publisher Cine Vue accessdate September 11, 2011 ref is a 2008 Finland Finnish horror film directed by Antti Jussi Annila . Plot In 1595, after a long war between Sweden and Russia, brothers Knut and Eerik are marking the border between Finland ... them. The brothers, seeking forgiveness, arrive at village, where they find a sauna that may help ... web url http www.elonet.fi title ekuuej tekija title Sauna 2008 Credits work elonet.fi publisher National ... Reflist External links Official www.bronsonclub.com sauna IMDb title 1124394 Sauna AllRovi movie 470891 Sauna Category 1595 in fiction Category 2000s horror films Category Films set in the 16th ... films Category Films set in Finland Finland film stub fr Sauna film, 2008 ru fi Sauna elokuva sv Sauna ... more details
sauna traditions in the world ancient rome roman bath culture.html Sauna Community, Roman Bath Culture ref In the bathhouse sauna they not only washed themselves, but socialized, painted ... name ReferenceA saunahistory.com, The Russian Banya Its Relatives ref Finnish saunaSauna is the closest ... banya and Finnish sauna are largely indistinguishable, it is safe to assume that they developed simultaneously ... Russian, a sauna is often called a Finnish Banya , though possibly only to distinguish it from ... . Sauna, with its ancient history amongst Nordic and Uralic peoples, is a source of national pride ... personal sauna.com russian sauna.html Traditional Russian Sauna Is a Wood Fired Sauna ref Russian ... activity. See also Sauna Turkish bath Sweat lodge Public bathing Destination spa Hot tub ... ?p 6727 Tales of Toronto s first Jewish shvitz http www.saunaaa.com Finish Sauna DEFAULTSORT Banya Sauna Category Bathing Category Russian culture Category Russian inventions Category Russian loanwords be x old bg de Banja fr Bania os lv Pirts lt Pirtis nl Banja sauna ... more details
An infrared heater is a body with a higher temperature which transfers energy to a body with a lower ... of the infrared radiation ranges from 780 nm to 1 mm. The relationship between ... the two bodies is needed for the energy transfer. One classification of infrared heaters is by the wavelength bands of infrared emission. Short wave or near infrared for the range from 780 nm ... infrared for the range between 1400 nm and 3000 nm Far infrared or dark emitters for everything above 3000 nm. File Carbon heater.jpg thumb right A household infrared electric heater Elements Infrared heaters use either a fuel to heat an emitter, or an electrically heated Electrical filament filament as the emitting body. An infrared lamp will protect the filament with a heat ... infrared heaters is tungsten wire, which is coiled to provide more surface area. Low temperature ... a comparable medium wave heater based on a FeCrAl filament. Industrial infrared heaters sometimes use a gold coating on the quartz tube that reflects the infrared radiation and directs it towards the product to be heated. Consequently the infrared radiation impinging on the product is virtually doubled ... 95 . Types Infrared heaters are commonly used in infrared modules or emitter banks combining several heaters to achieve larger heated areas. Infrared heaters are usually classified by the wavelength they emit. Near infrared NIR or short wave infrared heaters operate at high filament temperatures ... wave and carbon CIR infrared heaters operate at filament temperatures of around 1000 C. They reach maximum power densities of up to 60 kW m medium wave and 150 kW m CIR . Far infrared emitters FIR are typically used in the so called low temperature far infraredsauna s. These constitute only the higher and more expensive range of the market of infraredsauna. Instead of using carbon, quartz or high watt ceramic emitters, which emit near and medium infrared radiation, heat and light ... more details
Infrared may mean The infrared range of light. Infrared spectroscopy subset of spectroscopy Infrared record label , a UK based record label. Infra Red song , a song by the band Placebo band Placebo . Disambig ... more details
Infrared Mammography is a specific form of breast thermography. The term was trademarked in 2011 by Infrared Medical Solutions and refers to the methods and standards used by Dr. Philip Hoekstra to perform breast thermography. Category Infrared imaging ... more details
Infrared lamps are electrical devices which emit infrared radiation. Infrared lamps have many uses, but are most commonly used in communication and heating . Less common uses include illumination for use with night vision device s. Heating main Infrared heater Radiant heating Infrared heating uses infrared lamps, commonly called heat lamps to transmit infrared radiation to the body that is being heated. When large bodies or bodies with a large surface area need to be heated, infrared lamps are often used in banks. Infrared heat lamps are commonly incandescent bulbs which are able to produce infrared radiation. Infrared lamps have many industrial applications including curing coatings and preparing plastic for forming, commercial applications such as cooking and browning food, and personal applications such as providing heat especially in bathrooms and for pets . Communication Image Blue infrared light.jpg thumb 300px right Infrared light from the LED of a remote control as seen by a digital camera. IR data transmission is also employed in short range communication among computer peripherals and personal digital assistant s. These devices usually conform to standards published by Infrared Data Association IrDA , the Infrared Data Association. Remote controls and IrDA devices use infrared light emitting diode s LEDs to emit infrared radiation which is focused by a plastic Lens optics lens into a narrow beam. The beam is modulation modulated , i.e. switched on and off, to encode the data . The receiver uses a silicon photodiode to convert the infrared radiation to an electric Current electricity current . It responds only to the rapidly pulsing signal created by the transmitter, and filters out slowly changing infrared radiation from ambient light. Infrared communications are useful ... not interfere with other devices in adjoining rooms. Infrared is the most common way for remote control s to command appliances. See also Infrared Applications Infrared communications applications Category ... more details
Infrared cirrus are filamentary structures seen in infrared light. The name is given because the structure looks cloud like in appearance. First detected by the IRAS Infrared Astronomy Satellite at wavelengths of 60 and 100 micrometres. See also Cosmic infrared background radiation External links http arxiv.org abs astro ph 0507587 Molecular Hydrogen in Infrared Cirrus , Kristen Gillmon, J. Michael Shull, 2006 Abstract http arxiv.org pdf astro ph 0507587 PDF Paper http www.sofia.usra.edu Science science cases dowell v2.pdf The Physics of Infrared Cirrus , C. Darren Dowell, Roger H. Hildebrand, Alex Lazarian, Michael W. Werner, Ellen Zweibel DEFAULTSORT Infrared Cirrus Category Interstellar media astronomy stub de Infrarot Cirrus fr Cirrus infrarouge zh ... more details
File WyomingInfraRedObservatory.jpg thumb right 200px Wyoming Infrared Observatory File SOFIA with open telescope doors.jpg thumb right 200px SOFIA is an infrared telescope in an aircraft, allowing high altitude observations An infrared telescope is a telescope that uses infrared light to detect celestial bodies. Infrared light is one of several types of radiation present in the electromagnetic spectrum ... visible light optical , as well as infrared telescopes. Discoveries Leading to the Invention of the Infrared Telescope In 1800, William Herschel discovered infrared radiation. In 1878, Samuel Pierpoint ... detect incredibly small changes in temperature in the infrared spectrum. In the 1950s, scientists used lead sulfide detectors to detect the infrared radiation from space. These detectors were cooled with liquid nitrogen . Between 1959 and 1961, Harold Johnson created near infrared photometer s which ... bolometer. This invention, cooled by liquid helium , led the way for current infrared telescope development. http www.ipac.caltech.edu Outreach Edu Timeline timeline2.html The three different types of infrared ... types of telescopes contain an infrared camera that must be cooled to hundreds of degrees below zero as well as a special solid state infrared detector. http coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu cosmic classroom ask astronomer faq obs.shtml Ground based telescopes were the first type of infrared telescopes ... have limitations because water vapor in the Earth s atmosphere absorbs infrared radiation. Ground based infrared telescopes tend to be placed on high mountains and in very dry climates to improve visibility. In the 1960s, scientists used balloons to lift infrared telescopes to higher altitudes. With balloons, they were able to reach about 25 miles up. In 1967, infrared telescopes were placed ... borne infrared telescopes. A more recent air borne infrared telescope to reach the stratosphere was NASA s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOFIA in May 2010. Together, United States ... more details
The term infrared signature is used by Military science defense scientists and the military to describe the appearance of objects to infrared sensors . An infrared signature depends on many factors, including ... estimation of solid angle subtended by complex well resolved surfaces for infrared detection ..., Gaitonde, U.N., & Marathe A.G. 2001 Numerical studies of infrared signature levels of complete aircraft ..., & Rao, G.A. 2009 Study of sunshine, skyshine, and earthshine for aircraft infrared detection, Journal ... infrared signatures , AIAA Journal of Aircraft , v. 42 4 , pp. 1046 1054. ref and the waveband of the detecting sensor. As such there is no all encompassing definition of infrared signature nor any trivial means of measuring it. For example the infrared signature of a truck viewed against a field will vary significantly with changing weather, time of day and engine loading. Infrared stealth is an area of stealth technology aimed at reducing infrared signatures. ref Mahulikar, S.P., Sonawane, H.R., & Rao, G.A. 2007 Infrared signature studies of aerospace vehicles , Progress in Aerospace Sciences , v. 43 7 8 , pp. 218 245. ref This reduces a platform s susceptibility to infrared guided weapons and infrared surveillance sensors, ref Rao, G.A., & Mahulikar, S.P. 2005 New criterion for aircraft susceptibility to infrared homing missiles , Aerospace Science & Technology , v. 9 8 , pp. 701 712. ref and thus increases the platform s overall survivability. Infrared stealth is particularly ..., S.P., Rao, G.A., Sane, S.K., & Marathe, A.G. 2005 Aircraft plume infrared signature in nonafterburning ..., S.K. 2008 Infrared signature suppression of helicopter engine duct based on conceal and camouflage ... soldiers. A military aim in studying infrared signatures is to understand the likely infrared signature of threats and develop the equipment required to detect them and to reduce the infrared ... with sensors to detect the exhaust plumes of incoming anti ship missile s while also having an infrared ... more details
File Carina Nebula in infrared light captured by the Hubble Space Telescope .jpg thumb 300px Carina Nebula in infrared light captured by the Hubble Space Telescope Hubble s Wide Field Camera 3. Infrared astronomy is the branch of astronomy and astrophysics that studies astronomical object s visible in infrared IR radiation. The wavelength of infrared light ranges from 0.75 to 300 micrometers. Infrared ... radiation submillimeter waves. Infrared astronomy began in the 1830s, a few decades after the discovery of infrared light by William Herschel in 1800. Early progress was limited, and it was not until ... and Moon were detected in infrared light. After a number of discoveries were made in the 1950s and 1960s ... wavelength range, and modern infrared astronomy was established. Infrared and optical astronomy are often ... effective over a wavelength range that includes both visible and infrared light. Both fields also use ... are different. Infrared light is absorption electromagnetic radiation absorb ed at many wavelengths by water vapor in the Earth s atmosphere , so most infrared telescopes are at high elevations in dry places, above as much of the atmosphere as possible. There are also infrared observatories in space ... with open telescope doors.jpg thumb right 200px SOFIA is an infrared telescope in an aircraft, shown here in a 2009 test The discovery of infrared radiation is attributed to William Herschel, who performed ... at infrared wavelengths was due to the spectral index of the prism rather than properties of the Sun ... bio.html title Herschel Discovers Infrared Light accessdate 2010 04 09 ref Efforts were made starting in the 1830s and continuing through the 19th century to detect infrared radiation from other astronomical ... . Ernest Fox Nichols used a modified Crookes radiometer in an attempt to detect infrared radiation ... credit for the first detection of a star other than our own in the infrared. ref name rieke cite journal author Rieke, George H. title History of infrared telescopes and astronomy journal Experimental ... more details
Top tree photographed in the near infrared range. Bottom same tree in the Visible spectrum ... Infrared image of the Mississippi River crossed by a bridge and a dam, between red foliage on left ... vs. Infrared 900nm LP Aerial Photography of Old Hickory Lake , Tennessee . Taken from a passenger airplane within seconds apart using SONY H 9 Digital camera. In infrared photography , the film or image sensor used is sensitive to infrared light. The part of the visible spectrum spectrum used is referred to as near infrared to distinguish it from far infrared, which is the domain of thermal .... Film is usually sensitive to visible light too, so an infrared passing filter is used this lets infrared ... thus looks black or deep red . Infrared filter may refer either to such a filter or to one that blocks infrared but passes other wavelengths. When these band pass filter filters are used together with infrared sensitive film or sensors, very interesting in camera effect s can be obtained false ... in infrared photographs. The effect is named after the infrared photography pioneer Robert W. Wood , and not after the material wood, which does not strongly reflect infrared. The other attributes of infrared ..., result in less infrared light in shadows and dark reflections of those skies from water, and clouds ... a milky look to portraits, although eyes often look black. History Until the early 20th century, infrared ... of Photography accessdate 2006 11 28 ref The first infrared photographs as distinct from spectrographs ... of this event in 2010. ref cite journal journal The RPS Journal title 100 Years of Infrared author ... work focused on landscapes. A further set of infrared landscapes taken by Wood in Italy in 1911 used plates provided for him by CEK Mees at Wratten & Wainwright. Mees also took a few infrared photographs in Portugal in 1910, which are now in the Kodak archives. Infrared sensitive photographic plates were developed in the United States during World War I for spectroscopic analysis, and infrared ... more details
Infrared vision can be defined as the capability of biological or artificial systems to detect infrared ... in this context since infrared emissions from a body are directly related to their temperature hotter objects emit more energy in the infrared spectrum than colder ones. The human body, as well as many ... environment. Since hotter objects emit more infrared energy than colder ones, it is relatively easy to identify them with an infrared detector , day or night. Hence, the term night vision is also used sometimes misused in the place of infrared vision , since one of the original purposes in developing ... . ref However, night vision concerns the ability to see in the dark although not necessarily in the infrared ... HowStuffWorks . ref light intensifiers or infrared vision. The former technology uses a photocathode to convert light in the visible or near infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum to electrons, amplify the signal and transform it back to photons. Infrared vision on the other hand, uses an infrared detector working at mid or long wavelengths invisible to the human eye to capture the heat emitted by an object. The infrared spectrum Image Infrared spectrum.gif thumb right 400px The infrared bands in the electromagnetic spectrum. The entire electromagnetic spectrum highlighting the infrared ... from one author to another, ref Hudson R. D. 1969, Infrared System Engineering , John Wiley & Sons Inc., USA. ref ref Piotrowski J. and Rogalski A. 2004, Uncooled Long Wavelength Infrared Photon Detectors , Infrared Phys. Technol., 46 115 131. ref ,. ref Rogalski A. and Chrzanowski K. 2002, Infrared .... 2004, Infrared Imaging and Open Heart Surgery, from InfraredThermography.com by Advanced Infrared ... of the atmospheric transmittance windows, i.e. the wavelengths regions in which infrared radiation is better transmitted through the atmosphere, the detector materials used to build the infrared sensors and the main applications. In this way, the Near Infrared NIR band is mostly used in fiber ... more details
Refimprove date January 2008 Infrared cleaning is a technique used by some film scanner s and flatbed scanner s to reduce or remove the effect of dust and scratches upon the finished image scanning scan . It works by collecting an additional infrared channel from the scan at the same position and resolution as the three visible colour channels red, green, and blue . This infrared channel can be used to automatically remove the appearance of dust and scratches in the visible channels and replace them by inpainting . Approaches Scanners use three different techniques for doing this Nikon film scanners ... infrared light source. At each scan position, the scanner uses an RGB linear array to scan the film in RGB and RGB Infrared. This is as fast as the Nikon approach, since only one physical pass over ..., an RGB light source and an infrared light source. These scanners make two passes over the film once for RGB and once for infrared. This is slower than the Nikon or Minolta approach, since two passes ... quality. Applicability The three color dyes in modern color film emulsions respond equally to infrared light, so the infrared image looks relatively opaque compared to the RGB image. Any dust spots or scratches appear as dark spots in infrared, making it easy to find and correct for these dust spots. Kodachrome film dyes are more sensitive to infrared than Ektachrome film dyes, making it more ... s ref http www.silverfast.com highlights isrd en.html ref , claim to use infrared cleaning to find dust spots even when scanning Kodachrome. Infrared cleaning doesn t work at all with silver halide ... particles respond equally in visible light and infrared light . History IBM originally developed and patented infrared cleaning, and subsequently licensed this patent to Applied Science Fiction ASF . Canon has a patent cross licensing agreement with IBM and was able to use the IBM s infrared cleaning ... developed infrared cleaning algorithms which are completely different from IBM s patented ... more details
Infobox Film see Template Infobox film name Infrared Sightings image GDInfraredSightingsVHS.jpg caption Infrared Sightings video tape cover director Len Dell Amico br Larry Lachman producer Len Dell Amico br Larry Lachman music Grateful Dead distributor Trigon Productions released 1992 runtime 18 minutes country United States language English Infrared Sightings is a video by the Grateful Dead , consisting of computer animation and other imagery set to music from their album Infrared Roses . It was released on VHS video tape and on laserdisc in 1992 in film 1992 , and is 18 minutes long. Infrared Roses is known to fans as the all Drums and Space album . Produced by Grateful Dead sound designer Bob Bralove, it contains free form musical improvisation improvisational music recorded live at a number of different Dead concerts. The visuals for Infrared Sightings combine computer generated images, many of them abstract art abstract , with found footage that has been altered or edited in various ways. The video is therefore somewhat reminiscent of the light shows that were projected on large screens at many Grateful Dead concerts. Infrared Sightings on Allmovie The Allmovie entry for Infrared Sightings http allmovie.com cg avg.dll?p avg&sql 1 178339 erroneously states that the video includes the songs Truckin , Playing in the Band , Not Fade Away song Not Fade Away , Sugar Magnolia , and Friend of the Devil . As explained above, the soundtrack of Infrared Sightings actually is made up of sections of different performances of the free form musical improvisation known as Drums and Space ... Highrise Table Top Stomp part 3 Yes I Kandinsky music Infrared Roses Credits Musicians Jerry Garcia ... movie 178339 http www.deaddisc.com vi Infrared.htm Infrared Sightings at the Grateful Dead Family Database http www.lddb.com laserdisc.php?id 4389 Infrared Sightings at LaserDisc Database Scott, John ... Clip from Infrared Sightings on FritzPerlberg.com Grateful Dead Category Grateful Dead Category ... more details
Cleanup date June 2011 unreferenced date December 2008 Infrared thermometers infer temperature using a portion of the thermal radiation sometimes called blackbody radiation emitted by the object of measurement. They are sometimes called laser thermometers if a laser is used to help aim the thermometer .... By knowing the amount of infrared energy emitted by the object and its emissivity , the object s temperature ... of the two possibilities. The most basic design consists of a lens to focus the infrared .... As such, the infrared thermometer is useful for measuring temperature under circumstances ... a significant temperature gradient on the object s surface. Infrared thermometers can be used ... varieties of infrared temperature sensing devices available today, including configurations designed ... to the surface, if the allowed measurement error is acceptable. The most common infrared thermometers are the Spot Infrared Thermometer or Infrared Pyrometer , which measures the temperature at a spot ..., although not strictly thermometers, includes Infrared Scanning Systems scan a larger area, typically ... exiting an oven, fabric and paper, or continuous piles of material along a conveyor belt. Infrared Thermal Imaging Cameras or Thermographic camera Infrared Cameras are essentially infrared radiation .... A photographic camera using infrared film and suitable lens, etc., is also called an infrared camera .... Image Infrared thermometer.JPG An IR thermometer in use in industry gallery External links Commons category Thermography http www.irinfo.org IRINFO.ORG The Definitive Online Resource for Infrared Thermography ... Introduction to Infrared Thermometers Omega http www.irapps.com Applications of Infrared Thermometers ... 1990s http www.tempsensornews.com News of infrared and thermal imaging products & services with dedicated RSS newsfeeds See also Infrared camera Thermography ASTM Subcommittee E20.02 on Radiation Thermometry Sakuma Hattori equation List of laser articles DEFAULTSORT Infrared Thermometer Category Thermometers ... more details
Refimprove date December 2007 Cleanup date December 2009 An infrared blaster or IR blaster is a device that emulates an infrared remote control to autonomously control a device that is normally controlled only by remote control key presses. The most common use of an IR blaster is to allow a recording device such as a digital video recorder DVR or video cassette recorder VCR to change the channel on an external tuner such as a cable box or satellite receiver. This way, the recording device can automatically select the correct channel to record before starting the recording process. Another common use is to extend infrared signals in order to place remote controlled products behind closed doors. gallery Image tivo irblaster small.jpg Example IR Blaster with standard 1 8 plug Image Ir blaster on cable box.jpg IR Blaster stuck to a cable tv tuner gallery References http www.mythtv.org wiki IR Blaster Using an IR Blaster with MythTV Unreferenced date March 2010 references Category Infrared technology tech stub ... more details
An infrared excess is a measurement of an astronomical source, typically a star , that has a greater measured infrared radiative flux flux than expected by assuming the star is a blackbody radiation blackbody radiator . Infrared excesses are often the result of circumstellar dust and are common in young stellar object s and evolved stars on the asymptotic giant branch or Post AGB older . References cite book last Evans first Aneurin title The Dusty Universe publisher Ellis Horwood date 1993 pages 155 165 Category Observational astronomy astronomy stub de Infrarotexzess lb Infraroutexzess sk Infra erven prebytok zh ... more details
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