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PDA/Radiation Detector

Posted by michael on from the tricorder dept.

sgpennebaker writes "This article tells of lab rats who've built a cell phone/PDA/GPS device that also lets you surf the web and, oh, yeah, sniff out any dirty bombs that might have gone off in your area. Then you can cancel your meetings, call family and friends and send GPS coordinates to whoever it is that cleans up afterwards. I'm waiting for the next generation; I want one that also tracks hungry, angry bears and emits a loud noise when it senses their proximity."

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  1. Yeah... by superdan2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want one that also tracks hungry, angry bears and emits a loud noise when it senses their proximity.

    Nothing like attracting their attention, right?

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  2. Screw radiation! by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want a cellphone that alerts me whenever there is a slut in proximity that wouldn't mind being screwed by a pasty-skinned-underweight-nerd!

    1. Re:Screw radiation! by mekkab · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sure, I can do that for you!
      Give me your phone... [removes battery]

      There you go! It works perfectly!

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  3. Mother... by }InFuZeD{ · · Score: 4, Funny

    This article tells of lab rats who've built a cell phone/PDA/GPS device that also lets you surf the web and, oh, yeah, sniff out any dirty bombs that might have gone off in your area.

    Man those lab rats are getting smart...

  4. surprisingly crude for LLNL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    a) it's not a tricorder
    b) it measures the temperature rise in a thin tin film at 1K (cryocooling in your PDA, anyone?)

    just more idiotic pandering to Homeland Security...

  5. *pfft* Hungry Bears, by crazyaxemaniac · · Score: 5, Funny

    This PDA I've developed keeps away tigers.

    Now you don't see any tigers do you?

  6. hmm by adamruck · · Score: 1, Funny

    "This article tells of lab rats who've built a cell phone/PDA/GPS device that also lets you surf the web and, oh, yeah, sniff out any dirty bombs that might have gone off in your area..."

    ok if a bomb goes off and you need a friggin PDA to figgure out where, I would say your beyond help.

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    1. Re:hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      yeah.. I think the heading for this story is wrong. The point is not to find out where bombs have gone off, but find the bombs that havent gone off yet.

  7. You know, by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ita time to buy a hunk of uranium ore off ebay and carry it around to piss people off.

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  8. ObSimpsons reference by bourne · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want one that also tracks hungry, angry bears

    We're here! We're queer! We don't want anymore bears!

  9. I want one that does this by ACK!! · · Score: 2, Funny

    I emits a loud signal to the bear that there is an idiot with a PDA and a dirty bomb who is not afraid to use it on said hungry bear.

    Give the bear fair warning and all.

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  10. Who needs that... by s88 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I want one that also tracks hungry, angry bears and emits a loud noise when it senses their proximity

    Who needs that; I'd rather pay my Bear Patrol Tax. And while I'm at it, I think I'll pick one of those Tiger Deterant Rocks.

    Homer: Not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm.
    Lisa: That's spacious reasoning, Dad.
    Homer: Thank you, dear.
    Lisa: By your logic I could claim that this rock keeps tigers away.
    Homer: Oh, how does it work?
    Lisa: It doesn't work.
    Homer: Uh-huh.
    Lisa: It's just a stupid rock.
    Homer: Uh-huh.
    Lisa: But I don't see any tigers around, do you?
    Homer: Lisa, I want to buy your rock.