The Geiger-Muller counter is a particle detector designed to detect ionizing radiation, such as alpha and beta as well as gamma radiation (although with significantly lower sensitivity than other ...

Over the years we’ve covered many projects aimed at detecting elevated radiation levels, and a fair number of them have been Internet connected in some way. But as they are often built around the ...

A closer look at a Geiger counter's performance, accuracy, and features following practical testing. #GeigerCounter ...

In the weeks and months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a group of entrepreneurs, engineers, hackers and computer programmers formed Safecast and started constructing their own, crowdsourced ...

In the changed post COVID-19 business landscape, the global market for Geiger Counters estimated at US$72.6 Million in the year 2022, is projected to reach a revised size of US$127.6 Million by 2030, ...

Fans of Ghostbusters will remember the PKE meter, a winged handheld device capable of detecting supernatural activity. Precious little technical data on the device remains, leaving us unable to ...

In what seems to be a response to public fears about radiation levels following the Fukushima crisis, a Japanese organization called Radiation Watch has launched Pocket Geiger, a Geiger counter iPhone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Geiger counters are used to detect and measure levels of radioactivity. Scientists invented the Geiger counter while working on ...

A postage stamp-sized Geiger counter placed unobtrusively in stadiums, subways, malls and other large public spaces could detect radiation and determine whether it's a harmful source, like a dirty ...

Sergey Vladimirov has this week launched a new Kickstarter campaign for his pocket geiger counter called Radium which has been designed to provide a professional yet easy-to-use geiger counter.