Other factors, such as your menstrual cycle or heavy exercise, can affect your temperature.
Although most people consider 98.6 F (37 C) normal, your temperature may vary by a degree or more.
Biscotti and tarts are frequently on offer as well, but it would seem more fitting if a white-coated technician wearing futuristic glasses came in to take your temperature.
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If you're impressed enough to make a return visit, you'll find your profile and preferences have been digitally stored, meaning your room will be pre-heated to your favored temperature for your arrival.
Your vital organs will function, you'll maintain your body temperature, and your wounds will continue to heal.
The temperature near your skin is greater than the temperature on the surface of your clothes, mainly due to a layer of trapped air near your body.
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In fact, your normal temperature can range from about 97 F (36.1 C) to 99 F (37.2 C).
It's much harder not to slip into your wee temperature controlled car when it's lashing outside and will do all day.
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In the polar regions, even the smallest of holes in your warm clothing can have major implications on your core temperature and survival.
This pill travels through your digestive tract wirelessly transmitting your core body temperature.
Actually, alcohol in excess, can lead to a lowering of your core body temperature and place you at risk for hypothermia.
Cow-occupied Vermont is touted for its ice cream so if you want to lower your core body temperature, it runs a close second to swimming holes.
If you're planning on taking a polar bear plunge, Tipton says you can prime your body for the event several days before by gradually lowering the temperature of your shower.
"We aren't sure why activity primes your body for sleep so well, but it's likely a combination of factors, including lowering your core body temperature, increasing the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin and supporting a biological need to restore energy levels and repair cells and tissues when you sleep, " Cardinal says.
"Once they arrive into your home, the temperature is nice, you have ready-made food in your kitchen, and the insects are ready to go, " says Dr. Kamble.
Thus your body and objects that are underneath your clothes will have a somewhat higher temperature than the surface of your clothes and will emit light of a different IR wavelength than the surface of your clothes does.
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Imagine teaching the thermostat in your house to lower the temperature when you leave to save energy, and warm the house upon your arrival.
Again, this mimics a singly-capable Tricorder device where hand-held electronics receive wireless signals about the temperature inside your body.
Be warned, however, that substitutions are not allowed, and good luck finding ketchup (they will, however, cook the meat to the temperature of your choice).
Thermostats that are already here, like the Nest, that can respond to you driving through geofences on the way home, which will set the temperature to your favorite automatically.
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For example, Qwiki could tell you the time, temperature in your city, news in your city that would interest you, photos or videos that your most important friends posted online, who checked in at your local restaurant, and the like.
From colored lighting and ambient music to digital art (on your TV), temperature, window blinds and specially designed mood-enhanced wake-up calls (like "wake me gently" or "wake me wildly"), you can direct the room's whole look and feel, all without having to get out of bed.
It will be 28 degrees outside, but your seat warmer will have your behind baked to the temperature of moist lamb.
The hardware will log your pet's footsteps, amount of shivering plus temperature change, and upload it automatically via your smartphone or PC.
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There are seemingly no limits to the things in your home, such as temperature and lights, you can track and control remotely with sensors.
The powder that works in your washing machine at high temperature functions because it contains proteins extracted from microbes that grow in volcanic hot springs.
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Ask for your whiskey neat if you want it poured in your glass unadorned, at room temperature.
Scientists have been figuring out how to develop eco-friendly ways of recharging batteries for years, from harvesting temperature fluctuations to harnessing your fidgets.
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Build an igloo: If you're caught out in the snow, your primary concern is to maintain body temperature.
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