August 28th, 2008
Vicks Forehead Thermometer
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
The glass and mercury thermometer is still going strong in some households, but today there is hope for a safer and more digital alternative. The Vicks Forehead thermometer is a simple device that scans body temp from the temple to the forehead and even changes color when it detects a fever. A special temperature sensor measures heat from the temporal artery to provide super-fast results. Green is good, yellow caution, and red = no school today for you! No word on pricing and availability yet, but look for it in a drugstore near you. Great design!
Tom O'B says:
Sound good for home use. The nurses at the hospital I go to love the industrial versions of these thermometers.
August 28th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Alice says:
I would love one. So simple and colorful.
August 28th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Swen Skullsplitter says:
Any way I could rig this thing’s results in order to get sympathy??
Right off the bat, I am wanting to use this thermometron for evil and underhandedness.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Swen Skullsplitter says:
This was just after I had thoughts about a demo-derby involving stolen medichairs. I don’t know what set this off. Fun tech articles tend to cheer me up and get me crazy.
August 29th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
John says:
I had one of these and it was garbage. Was very inaccurate. I returned it for a refund and went with the one that scans your ear.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 am
Maggie says:
We bought this thermometer last year for our daughter and we love it. We find it’s very accurate and reads her temperature super fast so she doesn’t have time to get cranky.
Much better than the ear ones (she hates) and the probe style that takes forever to get a reading.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm