Wow this is neat, a hand held opensource Geiger counter. Now we can all be ready for when we get nuked lol
Xbox hacker and co-founder of the Chumby project, Andrew “Bunnie” Huang, has designed an open-source Geiger counter to help citizens in Japan detect radiation in the wake of the nuclear disaster, Huang writes on his blog. After several design iterations, Huang writes that he created a 
Geiger-counter design that he wanted to be “suitable for everyday civilian use,” affordable, intuitive, easy to use and “sufficiently stylish.”
Above is the final design, and to the right, one of the prototypes. The final design includes:
- Extensive logging capabilities
- The ability to work in scenarios where Internet and power have been out for days
- A sensor that can detect all three forms of radiation.
(It doesn’t have a radio (wireless capabilities).)
Huang says he doesn’t plan on manufacturing the Geiger counter, but has donated the design to the community (and open-sourced it), and that means a long-time Geiger counter maker International…
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