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December 8, 2021

ICI’s New Biorisk Platform Helps Organizations Protect their Workforces from Biorisk Threats

Businesses, Agencies, and Healthcare Providers Can Proactively Identify and Mitigate Issues, Enhancing Organizational Processes and Safety Measures

BEAUMONT, TEXAS (PRWEB) DECEMBER 08, 2021

To help businesses, agencies and healthcare providers protect their people from biorisk threats, Infrared Cameras Incorporated (ICI) today unveiled its new Biorisk Cloud Platform. Combining infrared technology and a proprietary, cloud-based data management solution, ICI helps organizations across industries report and manage biorisk, such as COVID-19, to avoid potential safety incidents and operational disruptions.

With accurate, real-time temperature readings, ICI’s platform streams data from thermal cameras to ICI’s proprietary cloud platform to identify biorisk patterns and threats before they cause operational issues like facility closures or shuttering of distribution centers. The cloud platform, supported by Amazon Web Services, can be readily integrated into an organization's current business intelligence and operational platforms to help enhance reporting and improve safety and operational processes.

“Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations have realized tens of millions of lost operational hours due to outbreaks within their facilities,” said Gary Strahan, Chief Executive Officer at ICI. “Unfortunately, with new variants, including the extremely contagious Omicron variant, organizations will continue to be at risk of COVID-19 outbreaks within their facilities for years to come. Fortunately, ICI has developed a solution.”

According to the CDC, fever is the most common symptom of COVID-19 and is present in nearly 80% of cases. Through immediate, accurate identification of febrile individuals, organizations are able to mitigate exposure to COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

“With nearly 90% of workers admitting to going to work while potentially infectious, outbreaks within organizations have become commonplace leading to employee downtime, lower outputs, and a negative impact to an organization’s bottom line. Our platform helps organizations keep their people safe and their operations running smoothly,” said Strahan.

Texas Children’s Hospital, one of the largest and most comprehensive specialty pediatric hospitals in the U.S., is using ICI’s Biorisk Cloud Platform for temperature screening across its hospital, clinic and specialty care center locations.

“Providing extra protection for everyone in our facilities, we have deployed thirty cameras for screening employees across our buildings, tracking temperatures to help prevent anyone with COVID-19 from entering,” said Bert Gumeringer, Senior Vice President of Facilities Operations, Texas Children’s Hospital. “This type of screening is now a way of life. ICI is making it a smooth and efficient process for us and employee response has been fantastic.”

ICI’s platform is catered to an organization’s structure and processes, allowing them to communicate the most relevant data to each user.

Key features of the platform include:

  • Real-time, automated notifications;
  • Multifaceted analytics based on proprietary AI algorithms
  • Customizable dashboards;
  • Ability to set benchmarks and identify deviations before they cause disruptions; and
  • Seamless integration with your organization’s current systems and processes including most access control and Video Management Systems (VMS)

From design and implementation to calibration and training, ICI expert technicians service and educate customers every step of the way.

For more, please visit http://www.infraredcameras.com.

About Infrared Cameras Inc.

Infrared Cameras Inc has been a leader in developing and manufacturing innovative infrared imaging technology since 1995. Veteran-owned and based in Beaumont, Texas, ICI offers complete infrared solutions, including equipment, custom designs, software, calibration, training, and more. The company's mission is to develop the most sensitive, accurate, and competitively priced infrared cameras in the world. To learn more about Infrared Cameras, visit http://www.infraredcameras.com or follow ICI on TwitterLinkedInYouTube and Facebook.

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December 5, 2023
ICI Announces SmartIR Now Available on AWS Marketplace

AI-Powered Condition-Based Monitoring Platform Helps Reliability and Operations Leaders
Automate and Optimize Predictive Maintenance and Maximize Operational Uptime

December 1, 2023 – Infrared Cameras, Incorporated (ICI) announced today that their asset reliability and operational efficiency optimization platform, SmartIR, is now available in AWS Marketplace., that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS Marketplace is a digital catalog that makes it easy for customers to find, test, buy and deploy software listings from independent vendors. AWS Marketplace will help ICI customers simplify their SmartIR procurement process through consolidated billing, custom pricing and terms, and various other benefits.

ICI’s SmartIR platform enables the automation of asset reliability and operational efficiency initiatives through AI-powered continuous monitoring capabilities. Leveraging data inputs from thermal and acoustic imaging, and from vibration sensing, SmartIR continuously monitors the performance and condition of critical mechanical and electrical assets, and manufactured outputs, across a variety of industrial, environmental, and commercial settings.

The SmartIR platform informs predictive maintenance and reliability for a customer’s most critical assets, monitors manufactured outputs for quality issues, and provides early-stage fire detection and safety alerts throughout the facility.

“We at ICI are extremely excited about the continued development of our relationship with AWS,” said Gary Strahan, CEO of ICI. “Our company’s goal is to elevate our customers’ predictive maintenance and reliability strategies, quality assurance processes, and employee health and safety protocols. Having our SmartIR Platform in AWS Marketplace allows ICI to reach more of AWS’s customers and offer a frictionless experience for procuring and deploying our condition-based monitoring capabilities.”

For more information, please visit www.infraredcameras.com/smartir-platform.

About Infrared Cameras

ICI’s SmartIR is an AWS-powered software platform that leverages ICI-built thermal imaging, acoustic imaging, and vibration sensing devices for condition-based monitoring of critical mechanical and electrical assets and manufactured outputs. ICI’s solutions are deployed by organizations to protect critical assets across a wide range of industries including distribution & logistics, manufacturing, utilities, and oil & gas. ICI’s sensing solutions are built around high-resolution thermal imaging along with visible, acoustic, vibration and laser spectroscopy imagers and sensors. This full-stack solution measures heat, sound, and gas in the surrounding environment, helping companies gain insight to efficiently manage their most important assets and infrastructure. ICI designs and manufactures digital thermal sensing solution platforms with edge and cloud-based software.

For more information, please visit https://infraredcameras.com/.

About Infrared Cameras’ Proposed Business Combination With SportsMap Tech Acquisition Corp

On December 5, 2022, Infrared Cameras Holdings, Inc., ICI’s parent company, entered into a business combination agreement with SportsMap Tech Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: SMAP) relating to a proposed business combination between the parties that would result in Infrared Cameras Holdings becoming a public company. SMAP has filed a definitive proxy statement relating to the proposed business combination and the special meeting of its stockholders, scheduled for December 8, 2023, to vote to approve the proposed business combination and related matters. The parties have applied to have the combined company’s common stock listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “MSAI”.

SMAP and ICI urge all interested persons to read the definitive proxy statement, which contains important information about SMAP, ICI and the proposed transaction. The definitive proxy statement can be obtained without charge at www.sec.gov.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are not historical facts, including statements concerning the benefit of ICI’s SmartIR platform to customers and potential customers and SMAP’s or ICI’s beliefs about the proposed business combination transaction and ability of the combined company to qualify to list on NASDAQ. These statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “believes,” “predicts,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “seeks,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “future,” “potential,” “opportunity,” or other similar expressions, the negatives of these terms or variations of them, although not all forward-looking statements will include such identifying words. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about the future events that are based on SMAP’s or ICI’s current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such statements. Certain of these risks are identified and discussed in SMAP’s definitive proxy statement relating to the proposed business combination transaction and other filings SMAP or the combined company may make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These risk factors will be important to consider in determining future results and should be reviewed in their entirety. Neither SMAP nor ICI is under any obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update, alter or otherwise revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Media Contact:

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July 25, 2023
Infrared Cameras, Incorporated Joins the AWS Public Sector Partner Program

July 26, 2023 – Infrared Cameras, Incorporated (ICI), announced today that they have joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector Partner (PSP) Program and completed the AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR) to validate SmartIR. Completing the AWS FTR ensures ICI’s solutions uphold AWS standards in architectural design. In addition, the AWS PSP Program helps AWS Partners grow their public sector business through alignment with AWS public sector sales, marketing, funding, capture, and proposal teams. 

ICI leverages AWS to power its intelligent thermal imaging and condition monitoring software, SmartIR. Validated by the AWS FTR, SmartIR utilizes data points from thermal imaging and sensing technologies to continuously monitor the performance and condition of critical mechanical and electrical assets in industrial, environmental, and commercial settings. The SmartIR platform informs predictive maintenance for these assets, provides early fire detection and safety alerts, and robust reporting and analysis capabilities to optimize operational processes. By reinforcing SmartIR around AWS best practices for security, reliability, and operational excellence, ICI delivers a fully scalable asset reliability and safety platform built on AWS. 

“ICI is honored to join the AWS Public Sector Partner Program,” said Gary Strahan, CEO of ICI. “AWS has long been recognized as a leading cloud services provider and it is an honor to meet their standards and bring their technical advantages to our customers leveraging our SmartIR solution.” 

As an AWS PSP Program member, ICI is recognized as an AWS Partner with cloud-based solutions who have experience supporting government, space, education, and non-profits around the world ICI has long provided solutions to government entities, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Department of Transportation, and various state and municipal governments. 

For more information, please visit www.infraredcameras.com/smartir-platform

About Infrared Cameras, Incorporated

ICI builds thermal imaging and sensing platforms that are utilized by organizations to protect critical assets across a wide range of industries including distribution & logistics, manufacturing, utilities, and oil & gas. ICI’s sensing solutions are built around high-resolution thermal imaging along with visible, acoustic, and laser spectroscopy imagers and sensors, that perceive and measure heat, sound, and gas in the surrounding environment, helping companies gain insight to efficiently manage their most important assets and infrastructure. ICI designs and manufactures digital thermal sensing solution platforms with edge and cloud-based software. 

ICI believes that its digital thermal technology platform positions it at the center of a global revolution in thermal sensing, as the introduction of continuous streaming thermal data coupled with automated insights replaces intermittent manual thermal analysis, and cloud-connected thermal big data capture enables artificial intelligence and machine learning to elevate critical asset management to a new level. For more information, please visit https://infraredcameras.com/.

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September 27, 2022
ICI Debuts High Resolution Titan HD Infrared Camera

New Handheld Camera Pairs 1.3 Megapixel Resolution with an Affordable Price, Offering Ideal Solution for Long Distance Surveying of Critical Assets

Beaumont, Texas (September 26, 2022) -- Infrared Cameras Incorporated (ICI) today launched its Titan HD, a new 1.3-megapixel handheld camera that allows users to survey critical assets and infrastructure. The Titan HD’s 1280 x 1024 resolution is the highest in the industry for handheld thermal imagers, allowing for reliable, accurate temperature readings, even from a significant distance.

Engineered to accurately survey large and distant applications, the Titan HD leverages a 5.5-inch color LCD screen and 35 different temperature analysis points to aid in data collection and analysis in the field. The camera is also designed to cover a wide range of applications, measuring temperatures up to 1500 degrees Celsius (2,732 degrees Fahrenheit) to an accuracy of 1 degree Celsius.

“The Titan HD is a complete game changer, providing the highest resolution for a handheld camera in the industry” said Gary Strahan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ICI. “With 1.3 million pixels, users can survey vast applications like electrical substations and transmission lines quickly yet with extremely granular accuracy. Combine this with ICI’s leading SmartIR software and you have a solution that is unparalleled for inspections. This solution is especially valuable for applications requiring a small measurement spot size at long distance. The camera is also much lighter weight than many systems on the market that provide far less resolution.”

With leading resolution, a rotating viewfinder, and an ICI’s user-friendly SmartIR software, the camera is ideal for a wide range of inspection applications, including surveying electrical transmission lines and substations, petrochemical and plant equipment, insulation and building envelope inspections, scientific applications and much more. Users can define isotherms, record annotations, enable alarming functions, and capture images at set intervals. Video streaming is available via USB Type-C or HDMI.

Features include:

  • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support
  • Touchscreen, 5.5” color LCD
  • Hot spot and cold spot tracing
  • Up to 35 temperature analysis elements
  • Customized color alarm isotherms
  • High-temperature measuring
  • Audible alarm settings
  • Automatic/manual file naming
  • Video streaming via USB Type-C or HDMI
  • Predefined text annotation lists
  • Voice annotation support

For more, please visit www.infraredcameras.com.

About Infrared Cameras Inc.

Infrared Cameras Inc has been a leader in developing and manufacturing innovative infrared imaging technology since 1995. Veteran-owned and based in Beaumont, Texas, ICI offers complete infrared solutions, including equipment, custom designs, software, calibration, training, and more. The company's mission is to develop the most sensitive, accurate, and competitively priced infrared cameras in the world. To learn more about Infrared Cameras, visit www.infraredcameras.com or follow ICI on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Facebook.

Press Contact:

Andrew Klobucar

Andrew.klobucar@infraredcameras.com

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