Softbank phone with radiation detection

[Yuri K]

Japan's Softbank will launch a phone with a built in radiation detector, the world's first, it said Tuesday.

The latest model in the company's popular, bare-bones Pantone line, built by Sharp, has a specially designed chip that can detect gamma radiation in the air at doses of between 0.05 and 9.99 microsieverts per hour. The phone then uses its GPS to place readings on a map. Due to go on sale in July, it runs Android 4.0 and features standard functionality for Japanese handsets, including mobile TV, touch payments and infrared transmission.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227537/Japan_39_s_Softbank_to_offer_world_39_s_first_phone_with_radiation_detection

[Torsten Wagner]

uhhh a little late isn't it ?

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[Chris Shannon]

the Prime Minister wants to bring 2 or 3 other reactors online this summer, so they might still come in handy.

Chris

[Yuri K]

I hope so! But if you open enenews.com (I don't recommend it!!! - too much crap) some people believe it's not the time to discard our rad.detectors yet. And will be actual for some prefectures for some time anyway.

2012/6/4 Torsten Wagner <torsten...@gmail.com>