QJack thermometer helps turn temperature measurement into a game

Everyone who has children knows how difficult it is to measure the temperature of a 2-6 year old child. Kids often consider the thermometer something dangerous and unpleasant, trying their best to avoid the procedure of measuring temperature. In general, there are electronic thermometers, which allow you to take readings of body temperature for much less time than the usual mercury device. But still, measuring the temperature for a child is an obligation, an unpleasant procedure.

Not so long ago, the QJack thermometer appeared on the domestic market, which makes it possible to turn temperature measurement into a fun and exciting activity. In addition, the accuracy of this device is very high, and the device itself is reliable: suffice it to say that its author is a Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of the Institute of General Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Martyn Nunuparov.
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Device features

In general, it makes no sense to paint a lot: the device is monofunctional, it is intended only for one thing, namely, to measure body temperature. The functions and features are as follows:

• Measurement of body temperature with an error of only 0.05 degrees;
• The ability to save measurement results with accompanying comments for further analysis;
• The ability to measure on two scales: Celsius and Fahrenheit;
• Tweaking QJack measurements.

At the same time, QJack is a prefix for a smartphone, the device is connected via an audio connector. The thermometer is compatible with a wide range of devices on Android, under the Android OS the corresponding application is written .

Under iOS and Windows (mobile and desktop OS) applications will be ready in October and November, respectively.

How to use?

Just connect the thermometer to the audio connector of the mobile device (tablet or phone), run the application. The thermometer sensor should be placed under the tongue, or under the arm (as it is more convenient for someone), and wait 20 seconds.

The result will be shown in the application, which during the measurement shows a dynamic screensaver. The application interface allows the child to forget that he is undergoing, in fact, a medical procedure, and get carried away by the process. Among other things, the application allows you to keep a log of measurements, which can be very useful for long-playing viral / bacterial infections.

What's inside?

Taking this opportunity, we disassembled the thermometer so that you could see what is inside. According to the developer, the whole scheme was developed from scratch, including the data exchange protocol with the device.

This is what the creator says about the device: “The hardware is much more complicated than a software application. It’s a serious metrology device, we spent more than two years developing it. Metrology physicists, microprocessor specialists, programmers in different platforms (Android, iOS, Win Phone. Today, such a set of professionals is very rare. But the organization of production is not international cooperation with all its features for a Russian entrepreneur "(the full interview can be read here ).

Where can one buy?

Now the device can be bought from Medgadgets , the price is quite comparable (or lower) with the price of infrared and electronic thermometers with a more or less high accuracy of temperature measurement.

Conclusion: a thermometer can also be used as a toy for healthy children, who can pretend to be doctors and nurses.

When measuring the temperature during an illness, children will be able to distract from the procedure itself on the process occurring on the display of a phone or tablet. And the measurement accuracy, as mentioned above, is very high.

So it remains only to wish: