Business and police like 'fever detection' cameras. Experts say they don't work.

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.NBCNews found more than 10 security companies in the U.S., Europe, and China that are marketing tech as capable of picking out who in a crowd is likely to have a fever, and thus a possible coronavirus case. But experts say the tech is imprecise.

Thermal image scanning for fever detection is broadly in use across China and South Korea, where the systems are set up in the fronts of businesses and buildings across both countries. Some U.S. businesses, like

"The only thing I would compare it to is when I first got into the surveillance camera industry after 9/11 when price was no object," Honvovich said. One company, Feevr, claims it leverages"AI face detection and thermal imaging to screen people with an elevated temp" in its marketing materials posted to its website, feevr.tech, which was only created at the beginning of the month. The company that owns feevr.tech, X.Labs, makes technology that specializes in weapons detection, which also uses thermal imaging.

FLiR, a well-known security camera company that's been making thermal imaging cameras for body temperature detection cameras since 2002, said that it, too, is seeing a large demand in orders. FLiR's thermal imaging cameras for reading body temperature are approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration, unlike those from Athena Security, Feevr and Remark Holdings.

 

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oliviasolon Of course its imprecise. If I've had a beer, my skin temp is elevated. Am I wearing extra layers and feeling hot? Did I run in the last 10mins? Whats my normal baseline body temp? Am I hydrated? All these factor in to skin temp.

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