Radiation Detecting Android Phone Coming To Japan

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday May 30, 2012 @03:51AM from the also-detects-invasion-by-mothra dept.

itwbennett writes "Softbank, Japan's third largest carrier, has teamed up with Sharp to create a radiation detector chip for the latest model in the company's popular, bare-bones Pantone line of smartphones. The chip 'can detect gamma radiation in the air at doses of between 0.05 and 9.99 microsieverts per hour,' according to an IDG News Service report. '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.'"

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it's a trick by swschrad · 2012-05-30 03:56 · Score: 4, Funny

if they get up to a half mS, you probably get pop-up ads for the closest pharmacy with iodine pills.

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if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?