We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy.
  • ::COVID-19 COVERAGE::
  • INDUSTRY PRESS ROOM
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • MEDIA FILE
  • Create Account
  • Sign In
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
Free Newsletters
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • MATERIAL HANDLING
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFT TRUCKS
  • PODCAST ETC
    • Podcast
    • Webcasts
    • Blogs
      • One-Off Sound Off
      • Global Logistics and Risk
      • Empowering Your Performance Edge
      • Analytics & Big Data
      • Submit your blog post
    • Events
    • White Papers
    • Industry Press Room
      • Upload Your News
    • New Products
      • Upload Your Product News
    • Conference Guides
    • Conference Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • DCV-TV
    • DCV-TV 1: News
    • DCV-TV 2: Case Studies
    • DCV-TV 3: Webcasts
    • DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
    • DCV-TV 5: Solution Profiles
    • MODEX 2022
    • Upload Your Video
  • MAGAZINE
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Digital Edition
    • Subscribe
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • TRANSPORTATION
  • MATERIAL HANDLING
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • LIFT TRUCKS
  • PODCAST ETC
    • Podcast
    • Webcasts
    • Blogs
      • One-Off Sound Off
      • Global Logistics and Risk
      • Empowering Your Performance Edge
      • Analytics & Big Data
      • Submit your blog post
    • Events
    • White Papers
    • Industry Press Room
      • Upload Your News
    • New Products
      • Upload Your Product News
    • Conference Guides
    • Conference Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Mobile Apps
  • DCV-TV
    • DCV-TV 1: News
    • DCV-TV 2: Case Studies
    • DCV-TV 3: Webcasts
    • DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
    • DCV-TV 5: Solution Profiles
    • MODEX 2022
    • Upload Your Video
Home » highs of about 68º with low humidity
inbound

highs of about 68º with low humidity

April 1, 2006
DC Velocity Staff
No Comments

We should all be so lucky! For Marilyn Monroe's famous "subway" dress—the white halter dress immOréalized in the 1955 movie "The Seven Year Itch"—it's always a beautiful day: 68 degrees with low humidity. That's no accident. The billowy dress is currently stored in a vault at the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Motion Picture Museum in North Hollywood, Calif., which boasts the world's largest collection of Hollywood memorabilia. There, new environmental sensing technology is being used to monitor shifts in climate— humidity in particular— that could damage the $2.2 million dress.

"Excessive humidity can be a severe enemy to antique textiles," explains Todd Fisher, the museum's CEO and Reynolds' son. "While our museum environment is extremely stable, ... we don't want to take any chances and find out one day that mold has been growing on the dress. The more safeguards we have, the better."

The sensors used are HOBO data loggers, manufactured by Massachusetts-based Onset Computer Corp. The battery-powered devices, which are roughly half the size of a standard iPod, measure and record humidity levels around the clock—even during power outages. Accompanying software converts the data into time-stamped graphs that can be displayed on a PC or Mac and printed out.

"We look at the data on a weekly basis, sometimes even daily, to make sure humidity stayed below 50 percent," says Fisher. "The data also tells us what the temperature levels were during the period, which we like to keep around 68 degrees F."

Storage
  • Related Articles

    Storage systems that roll with the punches

    Zappos.com hosts online tour of its DC

    Scout strikes gold with patriotic pallets

Recent Articles by DC Velocity Staff

Air cargo rates dip as transatlantic freight volume cools off

Logiwa lands $16.4 million in backing for WMS software

Report: U.S. ports are most expensive for detention and demurrage fees

You must login or register in order to post a comment.

Report Abusive Comment

Most Popular Articles

  • Private equity firm acquires packaging provider Coregistics in e-commerce bet

  • Trucking industry warns that AB 5 decision could push freight capacity out of California

  • Packaging industry reprioritizes amid inflation, supply chain disruption

  • Warehousing's perfect storm

  • Raymond Corp. marks 100th anniversary

Now Playing on DCV-TV

E3f9e6d5 8bd4 40ca 8c7f 43aa63ea3fc9

Lessons from CSCMP’s Annual Report Card for Shippers and Carriers

DCV-TV 4: Viewer Contributed
Recently, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) released their 33rd Annual State of Logistics Report which is created by AT Kearny. I've viewed this as basically a "Report Card" for shippers and carriers since it offers a comprehensive view of what they both have dealt with in the past year,...

FEATURED WHITE PAPERS

  • Breaking Bad: Conducting Full Truckload RFPs in the Age of Digital Freight Procurement

  • Fueling Sustainability for Manufacturers: Strategies to Increase Fuel Efficiency and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

  • Guide to Proven Warehouse Solutions

  • Five common misconceptions about running a private fleet

View More

Subscribe to DC Velocity Magazine

GET YOUR FREE SUBSCRIPTION
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • ADVERTISING
  • CUSTOMER CARE
  • CONTACT
  • ABOUT
  • STAFF
  • PRIVACY POLICY

Copyright ©2022. All Rights ReservedDesign, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing