peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (05/25/90)
Sounds like a bolometer to me. They're used for remote temperature sensing in lots of places. I came across them in hot axle detectors for railroad safety devices: you watch the axles as it passes the gadget and sound an alarm if one or more are excessively hot. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.ferranti.com> 'U` Have you hugged your wolf today? <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com> @FIN Dirty words: Zhghnyyl erphefvir vayvar shapgvbaf.