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- Osirus1156, on 09/28/2008, -0/+16I would like it if and only if it made that Geiger Counter noise.
- iXneonXi, on 09/28/2008, -0/+16"Warning: Hazardous radiation levels detected."..I would pay to have my phone act like an HEV.
- bobdobolena, on 09/28/2008, -0/+14This would really be useful next time I'm around sector 7G at the plant.
- kelstock, on 09/28/2008, -0/+12This is almost the plotline for the echolocation used in The Dark Knight
"The project, known as Distributed Nuclear Detection by Ubiquitous Cell Phone, would help locate dirty bombs or nuclear weapons by "triangulating" the source of radiation when people carrying mobile phones pass by."
So long as Morgan Freeman is in charge of it's use, I for one, welcome the move. - Mono1ith, on 09/28/2008, -0/+10Look for iGeiger soon in the App store.
- trogdoor, on 09/28/2008, -0/+8So are flashlights.
- MelvinSchlubman, on 09/27/2008, -1/+9Would the carrier of the phone be notified of "radiation nearby"? That could get squirrelly. I'd rather see the cell service provider get notified, maybe centralized to one monitoring agency to each provider doesn't have that expense.
- iatethecake, on 09/28/2008, -0/+8That's pretty much the same thought that came to mind for me.
- worldnick, on 09/28/2008, -3/+10I wouldn't want this active without my knowing about it. I wouldn't want my cell phone detecting anything without me knowing about it.
- bigbill780, on 09/28/2008, -0/+6Sounds kinda like the Dark Knight. Password Lucious Fox.
- inactive, on 09/28/2008, -0/+5Try telling your girlfriend that the strange number on your cellphone is just a detection of a "Dirty Bomb".
- ifire, on 09/28/2008, -0/+4Hey, if they paid me...
- nemrel, on 09/28/2008, -0/+4I purchased my Civil Defense Cold War era Geiger Counter off of Ebay. Bought two for $20! So I don't need my cell phone doing that job for me. I would much rather have cell phones equipped with breathalyzers so that people can easily find out if they are too drunk to drive home.
- connieLingus, on 09/28/2008, -0/+4what happens if the cell phone WAS the nuclear device?
- Idiggapony, on 09/28/2008, -0/+3It would either be a very large cellphone, or a very ineffective nuclear device.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass - aywwts4, on 09/28/2008, -0/+3Yeah, I don't want the damned government knowing about any of my stockpiles of.... ah... uh... Nevermind.
- Donniehoward08, on 09/28/2008, -1/+4ya and what would this do to the battery life of our already starved cell phones?
- princo, on 09/28/2008, -2/+4That's odd... I thought Cell Phones were Radiation Emitters...
- noPCtoday, on 09/28/2008, -0/+2Great, now my iphone battery life is gonna be even shorter.
- charlietuna, on 09/28/2008, -0/+2They lost me at: "could cost less than $100 per cell phone".
- publiclurker, on 09/28/2008, -1/+3Consider what a failure rate of just one hundredth of a percent of these phones (assuming all phones in the country are eventually converted) would do the response system.
Now imaging how easy it would be to overload this system with let's say the contents of a few fire detectors and lantern mantels. - statrick, on 09/28/2008, -2/+4i was watching what we call the "news" and they say our masters can detect if your dog had chemo from a pretty nice distance away. i don't think they need our cell phones.
- jkropf, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1er... this could be a problem and cause restrictions in some countries.
as sources near the ministeri of the interior at that time tell, in austria - after the reactor in the ucraine exploded - all new bought geiger-counters didn't show any contermination, older ones ticked but after a "test" at "certiefied" shops they did not show anything anymore.
nevertheless government warned not to consume most of fruits, berries, mushrooms....
but there was never ever any danger for the public, this was repeated a hundred times every day on every channel... - Ne007, on 09/28/2008, -1/+2Strap a detector to your back then because they do exist today:
http://www.geigercounters.com/
There you go. You are safe now.
Let me think of the other detectors you will need. Poison gas detectors and such, and a gas mask, duct tap and an anti-terror kit.......hmmmm. Get out your checkbook. - inactive, on 09/28/2008, -1/+2personally I dont think that a distributed "where the people" are sensor network is that bad of an idea, I do however object to doing something like this in mobile phones since they would have to be turned on to function and stream data to someone to function as a sensor network. This means that its likely that the tracking data would go direct to the government instead of requiring even small hurdles to them getting that data. Knowing that a sensor is in a given state only has value if you know where that sensor is, so tracking information would be required. They would also probably make laws 'in the interest of national security and the proper operation of the sensor network' that you cannot disable the function, nor can you stop or impede the tracking data that would be sent. This also potentially violates the 10th amendment if done in the US (in addition to the 4th, potentially the 5th, 6th and maybe some others). The 10th amendment is the one that says the federal government is limited in power, that the states have more powers than the feds, etc. The one most commonly ignored - if the constitution does not allow the feds to do something they are forbidden and the states or the people have the right to do whatever.
There are a few things that may seem like good ideas on the surface but would violate the 10th amendment, national insurance is another, sure it lets the government get access to your medical records in ways they currently cannot, but it isnt legal for the feds to do it, the states need to if that is what the people want (it would be easier to pass on a state level as well as it would take only that state not the entire country to vote for it). This is more like the way it works in europe where the EU does not provide medical packages, the individual member *states* do. The states could provide insurance like any company does now so reciprocity and other things could be there, you could have coverage outside that state. But a constitutional alternative never seems to be brought up, why is it that people will accept only the feds getting those records and not the state? Does the federal government have a track record for not abusing information it gets hold of? - Ne007, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1Be afraid...be VERY afraid!
If people have nukes and want to blow me up, then do it...don't tell me or alert me. - matt2m, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1I don't want a nanny state at all but hey if the detector was just for your own personal use not sending out signals I would want it hey I would at least try find the guy before he set it off if I am going to die anyways. Go out fighting not bent over ready to take it in the ass.
- Halsfield, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1beat me to it =(
- cheeseron, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1best part of half life
- inactive, on 09/28/2008, -1/+2The Penal Code has been violated.
- Greengoo, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1Just pray he gets out of the stadium in time!
- Greengoo, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1Someone needs to make this into an iPhone app, NOW.
- Idiggapony, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1It sounds like the idea is that cellphone owners who "opt in" would be paid by some government agency.
- whoreable, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1You don't want that. Just think how are you going to pay for weed when there is no cash?
- viggenguy, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1They were probably ion chambers. I've been looking for civil defense Geiger counters for months now and never have they gone for less than $70 each.
- StandardsDT, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1This is really old news, it was reported on Jan 24th 2008.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/08012 ...
Regardless though it is still a cool idea. - alphamarquis, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1Boiler up!
- Exzhaton, on 09/28/2008, -0/+1When you get a call or text it should make the suit recharging noise.
- HonoredMule, on 09/28/2008, -1/+1Here's a crazy theory: Let's not freak out just because we detect not-even-close-to-harmful traces of radiation, nor pretend that our banana-and-cancer-patient-sniffing detectors could actually fail to clearly identify a radiation source powerful enough to produce lethal radiation levels even on a small scale. Maybe while we're at it we can put to rest the preposterous notion that a "dirty bomb" could so much as outperform a hand grenade.
- rowlodge, on 09/28/2008, -1/+1reminds me of "silent hill"
- badcrumble, on 09/28/2008, -1/+1The intelligent next step is RFID chips for people without cell phones (and people with cellphones). Implanted at birth, ideally, to simplify things.
- EMsean, on 09/29/2008, -0/+0If your cellphone didn't detect radiation already, you wouldn't be getting too many calls!
- MatiBech, on 09/28/2008, -1/+0Great, they can be used to find nuclear bombs with, but i can't even pay with them in my local supermarket?
- Exzhaton, on 09/28/2008, -2/+1Spoiler that ***** man. Come on!
- altered0state, on 09/28/2008, -4/+1Don't forget- They can also pop popcorn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj6SZgbBuSQ
...Or so these Asians portray. - Calcularius, on 09/27/2008, -11/+6more fear mongering YAWN
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