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by taneq 3692 days ago
Wow, so instead of a photochemical or photoelectric effect, it's actually literally a heat sensor - as in, radiation from the environment heats the interior of the heat pit (which is cooled by the snake's blood to maintain a baseline) and it is this change in temperature that is detected?

I wonder if the ribbonfarm guy could use a variant of this for his pixel scanner thing?

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That is the operating principle of a bolometer.