Infrared image from a Topdon TC001 camera with their Android app with default settings - it's pointed at a window from the inside, and shows the reflection of thermal radiation from my body on the glass. It's possible to guess that I'm wearing glasses and a vest.

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   Alexander Bochmann (galaxis@mastodon.infra.de)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 04:15:06 JST Alexander Bochmann

   A thermal camera has been on my wishlist for quite some time now, but they were either way too expensive or the resolution made them barely useful.

   It seems that now some manufacturer released a 256x192 thermal sensor that's been incorporated in quite a few similar products, and after coming across this video by accident, and seeing there was a rebate available on the place where you don't buy stuff, I caved in this weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiVwZoQ8_jQ

   (I blame the person who linked to this other video from the same channel where that device also shows up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KYW38_8-U0)

   Anyways, I'm not near any hardware right now where a thermal cam could be useful to troubleshoot issues, but playing around with the thing today I found it pretty amazing that it can picture the *reflection* of my infrared footprint on a window 1.5m away.