The cone-shaped tip of the tympanic thermometer uses infrared technology to measure body temperature from heat of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and the surrounding tissue. That heat is then converted to a digital reading.
HOLIDAY, Fla. â Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay died Tuesday after his plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Pasco County Sheriffâs Office confirmed in a press conference. The Florida Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Coast Guard, Pasco Fired Department and Pasco Sheriffâs Office all responded to the scene after a 911 call came in from a nearby residence.
A former soldier who was so fascinated by the TV series Ice Road Truckers that he flew to Canada to become one died when his giant rig careered off a frozen highway featured in the show. Brett Colley, 45, was killed when his truck came off one of the toughest roads in the world in sub-zero temperatures and plunged down an embankment.