Mercury rising to the COVID-19 challenge
Mercury Security & Facilities Management (MSFM) is Ireland’s largest independent security provider and facilities management company, with a history of introducing pioneering technology to help local businesses protect their staff, customers and property.
The company’s latest discovery is a camera that produces thermal images to enable the speedy detection of a high body temperature which may indicate the presence of a fever - one of the first vital symptoms displayed by carriers of the Coronavirus.
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdThe Mercury TC-1 camera can detect an elevated temperature in just under a second, allowing large numbers of people to be screened at one time. Subjects can simply walk through the field of view together and the camera will scan them without impeding their passage in any way.
From a social distancing perspective, the Mercury TC-1 can measure body temperature from a distance of 1.5 to 2 metres – thus avoiding unnecessary physical contact.
“In the battle against COVID-19, the quick and early detection of symptoms such as a high temperature can help save lives and minimise the spread of this deadly virus,” said Mercury CEO Frank Cullen. “From the outset of this terrible pandemic, we’ve been researching the latest global technology to see if we could find something that would be helpful to organisations at home in this most difficult of fights against the COVID-19 virus.”