This thermometer is used to detect body temperature through the ears. I know you're quite amused right now, but what you hear is true. Some hospitals use this thermometers to get a reliable detction of our body temperatures. It is more reliable to detect body temperature from ears because it is near the hypothalamus that the main regulator of body temperature. It actually receives data from your eardrum and gives you the result in a digital form. This thermometer uses infrared energy to emit the body temperature.
