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A Heated Steering Wheel as Seen Via Thermal Camera

By Rain Noe - January 2

in Tech

If you've ever wondered what the inside of a heated steering wheel looks like:

That was shot by Redditor MrFastFox666, and the car is his 2014 Cadillac ELR, a plug-in hybrid sedan. First off, I had no idea that the heating elements got up to 38.5° C / 101° F. Secondly, I do wonder how the engineers decided on the location of the one cold spot; perhaps that's the statistically least-touched part of the steering wheel?

By the bye, the camera used is this diminutive InfiRay P2 Pro, which plugs into Android smartphones. Prices are all over the map; I see a variety of retailers selling them for $240 to $350.

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Lu Ma

9 months ago

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The cold area must be statistically-based. 90% of the human population are right handed, maybe that explains it? (more area to grab on to on the right side) I'm sure they did a hotspot analysis ;)

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Michael DiTullo

9 months ago

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that is a lot more coils than I expected!

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