Where have all the liquid crystal thermometers gone?

[AaronX]

@WhyNot

Yes, common, even.

I’ve been had!

@Hail_Ants

They were always meant for things like fish tanks or snake aquariums etc. They were briefly marketed as a very cheap, seemingly ‘high-tech’ (because of its faux-digital readout) fever thermometer in places like the impulse-buy sections of drug stores. But as others have said they are useless for reading human body temp. They aren’t accurate to much more than five or ten degrees and a fever temp needs to be accurate to around half a degree to be of much use.

Here’s exactly what you need on Amazon, though it’s thirty dollars…

Wow, they make something specifically for shower water? It’s a bit too expensive, though. I just wanted to measure the temperature for fun. I think for $30 I’d rather get one that can measure my fridge temperature as well…

[jayjay]

@Leaffan

♪Long time passing♪

I wish I could “like”. This was exactly what I thought when I read the thread title.

[romusz]

Go to a pet store and youll find a wall of em in the fish/aquarium section.

[AaronX]

@jayjay

I wish I could “like”. This was exactly what I thought when I read the thread title.

I’ll admit I was thinking of that song while writing that, but “liquid crystal thermometers” doesn’t quite fit the tune.

[jayjay]

@AaronX

I’ll admit I was thinking of that song while writing that, but “liquid crystal thermometers” doesn’t quite fit the tune.

Eh. Parodies don’t have to scan perfectly. And if you do it as [del]Lily von St-[/del] Marlene Dietrich…

o/ Whew have aw de wiquid cwystaw thewmometews gone? Wong time passing... o/

[Cheshire_Human]

@engineer_comp_geek

That’s not accurate at all. Humans are good at sensing changes in temperature, but humans suck at measuring absolute temperature.

That’s not necessarily the case. At a job I used to do, there were several tests that required the water temperature to be 25 ± 1 degree C. With my right index finger I could get it every time precisely to specification. I wouldn’t bother to use the thermometer until I had it right, and only used it to verify the temperature. Used to amaze the people I worked with.