Those mandatory temperature screenings at airports, offices, and medical facilities are not actually preventing COVID-19 spread, a pair of researchers says.

Google, you know they make smartwatches, right? The Pixel 8 Pro can now read body temps, if you swipe it across your face The phone needs a four-second forehead scan to read your temperature.

Professor Tipton said: “Using a surface temperature scanner to obtain a single surface temperature, usually the forehead, is an unreliable method to detect the fever associated with Covid-19.

He said Intelli-Temp takes what is called reference temperature, which is the temperature of the forehead. It is not an internal temperature, but has a very strong correlation to it.

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 ...

Amazon.com Inc has started to use thermal cameras at its warehouses to speed up screening for feverish workers who could be infected with the coronavirus, employees told Reuters.

The articles explain that forehead thermometers, also known as temporal artery thermometers, are accurate because they use an infrared scanner to measure core temperatures with a quick scan.

Amazon has started to use thermal cameras at its warehouses to speed up screening for feverish workers who could be infected with the coronavirus.