ran into this article on how they measure windchill. interesting. would've hated to be a test subject though. first you are cold and then you have probes in eh-hem interesting places. forget it.
ok, so i'm reading along happy as a dethawed clam and then BAM, it jabbed me like an icecylce in the eye:
"Twelve volunteers donned winter coats and walked on treadmills in a freezing wind tunnel, all while wearing thermal sensors on their faces, inside their mouths, and in their rectums."
you've no link.
ReplyDeleteand this discussion talks about no such places.
sorry 'bout that. up now.
ReplyDeleteok, so i'm reading along happy as a dethawed clam and then BAM, it jabbed me like an icecylce in the eye:
ReplyDelete"Twelve volunteers donned winter coats and walked on treadmills in a freezing wind tunnel, all while wearing thermal sensors on their faces, inside their mouths, and in their rectums."
they had PLASTIC in 1942? is that what this article said?
ReplyDeletewas it a wireless sensor? and you just 'retrieve' it later? =)
ReplyDeleteyup. check out the very cool timeline at the american plastics council. polyethylene (can be used to make plastic bottles was invented in 1933.
ReplyDeleteGooooooooo plastic! i wonder where we'd be without it.
ReplyDeletecertainly around the 17lb 'notebook' computer catalog.