Japanese company unveils iPhone Geiger counter – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Japanese company unveils iPhone Geiger counter – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

Instead of paying ¥60,000 or more for a Geiger counter, this new device, coupled with a standard iPhone, will make it possible for anyone to measure radiation around them following the Fukushima nuclear accident.  At a price of 9,800 yen, the new device and app, called Geiger Bot,

Fukushima Update | Nuclear News from Japan

Fukushima Update | Nuclear News from Japan.

An excellent resource for news from Fukushima concerning the continuing nuclear disaster at the nuclear reactor.  The site not only contains news as reported locally, but also collects news from around the world and links to science and editorials found elsewhere.

Corporate Aid Tracker – Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, March 2011 | BCLC

What follows below is a great list of corporate contributors to the relief effort. It is still but a drop in a bucketful of needs, but this is encouraging nonetheless.

Of course, it should be noted that these are mostly pledges, not direct contributions made to date. This is an important distinction. One year after the Haiti Earthquake of February 2010, less than half of the aid pledged by countries, including the United States, had not been delivered. Likewise, after the BP Gulf Oil Spill, less than one quarter of the pledged funds to people adversely affected by the spill had been paid by BP 9 months later.

So it is important that we are vigilant about the real contributions made by the companies that pledge their support. While I do not intend to question their sincerity or lack of real concern for victims of the calamity, true assistance is made through the delivery of funds, not the promises of support.

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