radiation

A drone carrying radioactive cesium was landed on the roof of a government office to protest the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Japanese mobile carrier Softbank (TSE:9984) announced today that its new Pantone 5 smartphone, to be released in July, will be the first smartphone with the capability to measure radiation built

Photo from Taobao's Tmall As most of you were probably busy with other things during the holidays, I thought I’d share this piece by Adam Minter about the debate in

In an effort to reassure tourists that Japan is a safe place to visit after the nuclear disaster in March, the Japan Tourism Agency is planning to bring 10,000 foreign

Fukushima Dai-ichi radiation visualized in Google Earth I’ve talked a lot about the importance of data in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster. The radiation threat was and still

smartphone radiation measurement jacket Docomo held a CEATEC preview event yesterday afternoon, showing off an assortment of new mobile technologies that will be on display at the upcoming show. The

In the past we’ve written about how many creative individuals have used the crowd-funding service Kickstarter to raise money for projects or start-ups. It has proven especially useful in Japan

Yahoo Japan has made a start on publishing radiation measurements from 11 locations around Japan. The data is being gathered by a team from Keio University,* and can can be

Earlier today we told you about the Wenzhou train crash in China, and how the Sina Weibo microblog platform is having trouble censoring what has turned out to be a

Many of you are probably familiar with the DIY geiger counter Kickstarter project from the people over at Safecast.org. In cooperation with Tokyo Hackerspace, the $36,900 they raised was used