Outside the Box Thinking: Micro Geiger Counter
How concerned are you of being exposed to radiation?
If your answer to that question is “very”, would you ever consider carrying your own personal Geiger counter around with you to measure how much radiation you’re encountering at each point of the day?
Historically, that’s something that’s not really feasible for most people outside of the geology or nuclear energy professions to do because even handheld units can be bulky.
But what if you could shrink down the essential elements of a Geiger Counter to something you can fit in the palm of your hand. Or make one small enough that you can even use it as a keychain? That’s outside the traditional box thinking that can change how accessible this kind of technology is if it can successfully pulled off.
A new Kickstarter project whose fundraising phase will be running through 12 April 2025 offers that potential. Here’s the pitch video introducing Doze, the micro-Geiger Counter that can fit in your pocket:
We’re not sure if the option to convert their micro-radiation dosimeter into a game controller is the selling point the makers think it is, but since they’ve already surpassed their funding goal, these things are heading to the consumer market, so well, why not? At the very least, those who are most concerned by the amount of natural radiation emitted by, say, bananas for example, can now collect their radiation exposure data much less conspicuously!
Source: https://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/2025/03/outside-box-thinking-micro-geiger.html
