Infrared World

Everything in our world glows in the infrared!

So guess what!

Most of us use some form of infrared technology in our lives every day: we change channels on our TVs with infrared remote controls; toilets in eco-friendly restrooms flush automatically using infrared sensors; supermarket cashiers use infrared scanners to read bar codes; restaurants keep food warm with infrared lamps; and rescue workers use infrared technology to search for missing persons.

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Infrared technology is used in many different ways; explore several of them here!

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Published: 21 June, 2013

Fun Fact

Stars are so far apart from each other, that if we were to put two grains of sand into a cathedral, that would be about the correct scale to represent the sizes and distances of stars in our part of the Universe.