  Experimental uncertainty prompted the early development of the quantum
uncertainty relations now known as speed limits. However, it has not yet been a
part of the development of thermodynamic speed limits on dissipation. Here, we
predict the maximal rates of heat and entropy production using experimentally
accessible uncertainties in a thermodynamic speed limit. Because these rates
can be difficult to measure directly, we reparametrize the speed limit to
predict these observables indirectly from quantities that are readily
measurable with experiments. From this transformed speed limit, we identify the
resolution an experiment will need to upper bound nonequilibrium rates. Without
models for the dynamics, these speed limit predictions agree with calorimetric
measurements of the energy dissipated by a pulled Brownian particle and a
microtubule active gel, validating the approach and suggesting potential for
the design of experiments.
