FLIR Introduces the Third Generation Flir One Thermal Camera for Android

Flir Systems is one of the biggest imaging tech manufacturer and the company has just announced new camera attachments for Android during CES 2017. Flir One cameras connect to a phone via USB Type-C ports and help users take thermal photos and videos.

They can be used for viewing the temperature range of an object or scene in real-time. The camera uses MSX technology that overlays a visible light image so that users can see the edges of objects.

A few years ago, Flir first introduced products like Flir One which had the capacity to add thermal vision to almost any smartphone. It required microUSB ports, which some smartphones simply don’t have.

This is why the company felt the need to launch a new generation of thermal cameras that would include USB Type-C ports, found on almost all the phones released in the past couple of years. The USB Type-C connector on the new Flir One camera is adj...