Do You need a Touchscreen Data Logger?

We’re often asked why someone would buy a touchscreen data logger over a standard one. After all, the touchscreens do cost more than a non-touch alternative, so what makes it worth it? This is a great question and there are many reasons our customers choose to purchase touchscreens and...

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Giving Warmth in the Chicago Cold

At Dickson, we know about temperature. We create and sell devices that monitor some of the world’s most critical temperature environments. We are temperature experts. That is how we know that with freezing temperatures, the winter season makes going outside uncomfortable and sometimes even...

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A Look at the Performance and Security of the Cloud

Part Two in an ongoing series about Cloud Technologies and their Advantages

As we started discussing in part one of our series, the cloud offers its users a variety of benefits that sometimes go unseen or unrecognized. We’ve already shared thoughts on the costs associated with the Cloud and...

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[Infographic] Major Drugs Going Off-Patent in 2018

We’re nearing the end of 2017, and, for me, that means the third annual iteration of our Patent Expiration piece in the world of pharmaceuticals. If this ongoing series has taught me anything, it’s that people of the world are constantly looking to the promise of the future.

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Antibiotic Resistance: A Public Health Problem

From sinus infections to urinary tract infections to strep throat and more--most of us have taken an antibiotic at some point in our lives. But what happens if next time you have a bacterial infection, your prescribed antibiotic doesn’t work?

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Should You Get Revaccinated as an Adult?

Should you get revaccinated as an adult? The simple answer is sometimes. Re-vaccinating adults against certain diseases such as measles, mumps, and whooping cough is starting to make a comeback.

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Perfection in Convection: Your Oven's Temperature is More Art than Science

Your oven’s temperature may be far more volatile than you realize.

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Earth's Residents Are Very Lucky

Of all the planets in our solar system, Earth is undoubtedly the most ideal planet for life. As mentioned in an article featured on Wired, Martin Turbet of Sorbonne Unversitės in Paris remarks, “It has a magnetic field that protects us from the solar wind, an ozone layer that shields us from UV...

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Real Time Vital Sign Monitoring

For most, the idea of losing independence with old age is a painful thought. Back in May, we discussed the state of elderly care in America. Author of the post, Jeff Renoe, wrote:

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Hot or Not? Mapping Reveals All

Heating a house is costly. Heating a hospital is even more so. Thanks to ideas by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the costs of heating and cooling may one day drastically dissipate.

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