Japan: Mobile Phone with Geiger Counter
May 30th, 2012I’m surprised that it took so long to appear.
Via: Wired:
Following Fukushima’s nuclear disaster, Japanese citizens have been especially wary of radiation exposure. SoftBank on Tuesday revealed a new smartphone to answer such concerns. The company’s Pantone 5 107SH is the world’s first phone with a built-in geiger counter, capable of measuring radiation levels within 20 percent accuracy.
Pantone-branded products are always colorful — and they should be given that Pantone makes the world’s most popular color-matching system. Following suit, the Pantone 5 comes in eight vibrant colors: black, white, purple, yellow, blue, orange, and two types of pink. The phone runs Android 4.0 with a Sharp skin, and features a 3.7-inch, 854×480 LCD screen.
Isn’t there an app for that ;^)
all the large general merchandise stores sell geigers of some kind or other. i got a really cheap one with a good reputation (japanese manufactured), but they had some better ones too.
that reminds me, better do some measurements…