@thermogramer: Thermal Imaging as a Tool for Science Communication and E-Learning in Social Media

Juan Manuel Bermudez-Garcia
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Juan Manuel Bermudez-Garcia: Quimolmat, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, Rúa as Carballeiras, 15071 A Coruña, Spain

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic boosted the presence of thermal cameras in our society. These devices are becoming cheaper and smaller and can even be plugged in our smartphones. Therefore, soon enough everybody will have access to these instruments. Thermal cameras have been widely used for industrial, research and/or academic purposes. Now, in the rise of the online era, this work proposes and assesses a new application for such devices as visual engaging tools for science communication and e-learning in social media. Here, we introduce @thermogramer as a science communication channel that shows multispectral (optical and thermal) images of daily life objects to explain the science behind different topics of social interest (climate change, emerging technologies, health, and popular traditions). This young project is already present in social media, press, TV and museum’s exhibitions, and its designed content have been already useful for new inexperienced users, science educators and communicators.

Keywords: science communication; e-learning; social media; public engagement; thermal imaging; multispectral images (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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