Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.
Mac Denny
Nov 19, 2011
On November 15, Japanese electronics manufacturer Sanwa Denshi unveiled a radiation-measuring device that can connect to iPhones and serve as an affordable Geiger counter.
It is 14 cm long and five cm wide and displays radiation dosages on the screens of iPhones equipped with GeigerBot and other such applications.
The retail price is 9,800 yen, and it will go on sale in a few days.
Check the iTunes link for more information in English.
Source: AFP
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