The Thermal Revolution is now under way!

I can remember sitting in a meeting over 20 years ago in Langley, Virginia discussing that one day there could be video sensors capable of seeing clearly in total darkness, through dust, smoke and fog! I also remember someone mentioning that if a camera did have that capability it would cost a small fortune to make and to buy. Well that day is upon us, but thankfully the sensors don’t cost a small fortune.

It is amazing that the technological breakthroughs that change the very nature of an industry happen before anyone takes notice of them – even people who think that they are on the forefront of technology. A good example of this is the point and shoot CMOS digital cameras that we all now take for granted. It wasn’t all that long ago that their cost was high and their performance wasn’t nearly as good as film. However, because of their ease of use, instant picture review (gratification) and the ability to quickly email and share the pictures, their volumes increased and their production costs decreased. Now they have replaced pretty much all film cameras and put the once great instant picture company into a tail spin. By the way, I wonder what Kodak and Polaroid were thinking along the way to now?

Here is the news folks: a paradigm shift is now underway in thermal sensor technology and it is forever going to change the way video detection gets done. This snowball is rolling and picking up steam and getting bigger every day. This technology has changed the way the security industry gets things done. It has changed the way firefighting gets done. This technology has changed the way we fight our wars. This technology is going to have a profound improvement in the way vehicle traffic is managed thus creating safer and more efficient roads, cleaner air and an overall improved quality of life. This technology is going to be as common as digital cameras in cell phones.

~Dan Fancher, President/C.E.O.