Thursday 31 May 2012

New smartphone can detect radiation


Softbank Corp's new smartphone "Pantone" series, made by Sharp Corp, which measures radiation levels in microsieverts per hour. KYODO/REUTERS

Cellphone operator Softbank yesterday unveiled a smartphone that can measure radiation as consumers in Japan clamoured for reassurance following last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster.

The latest model in the firm's Pantone series has a sensor that enables users to see at the touch of a button how much radiation they are being exposed to.

The phone, on general sale from July, can keep a record of exposure in every location it has been to.

- Times Live

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