Accurate Temperature Taken By Touching Forehead

Accurate Temperature Taken By Touching Forehead FARM HOME Miscellaneous 23-3-41 You can get a consistently accurate temperature reading with this new-style thermometer that you simply stroke across the forehead. Philips Electronics' "SensorTouch" thermometer features an infrared sensor that takes multiple readings as it's passed across the temporal artery, calculating body temperature. Readings are given on an LCD read-out. "It's so gentle it can be used on a sleeping baby. Clinically proven as accurate as a rectal thermometer, which is considered the ægold standard' by experts," the company says. Sells for between $70 and $90. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Norelco Consumer Products Co., A Division of Philips Electronics North America Corp., 1010 Washington Blvd., Stamford, Conn. 06912 (ph 877 733-83677; Website: www.sensortouch.com).

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