March 8, 2012 - Marketwire -
Universal Detection Technology Unveils the Smartphone Application for Its RadSmart Radiation Detection Device - Universal Detection Technology (www.udetection.com) (OTCBB: UNDT), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies that protect against biological, chemical, and radiological threats, announced today that that it has unveiled the first generation smartphone application for its RadSmart Device. The RadSmart is designed to detect radiation levels on surfaces and in food and to automatically send the collected data to a smartphone. RadSmart is being developed in collaboration with Honeywell India (a unit of Honeywell International) and marketed by UNDT, under its brand. RadSmart will utilize a Cesium Iodide (CsI) scintillator for the detection of Gamma rays. (CsI) scintillators are the most sensitive detection mechanisms for detecting Gamma radiation. RadSmart will be sensitive enough to measure normal radiation levels to 100 to 200 times that intensity. With the planned detection range of 0.001 to 9.999 µSv/h the device is expected to be capable of detecting traces of radiation on surfaces, clothing and, in particular, food contamination. The smartphone application will give the user the ability to choose to utilize the device for detecting contamination in food or on surfaces, log the readings and share the accumulated readings with other users and databases through its social networking features. The application has been designed with the everyday user in mind with easily navigable menu options and options for sharing the data through Facebook, Twitter and radiation mapping databases
February 20, 2012 - Greater Milwaukee Today - The radiation rundown - The nuclear power plant crisis in Japan brought us face to face with the issue of radiation exposure. But the truth is you’re being exposed to more radiation in your everyday life than what might be blown across the Pacific Ocean. 1. "The most common contributors to daily radiation exposure are radon, an odorless, tasteless naturally occurring gas commonly found in the soil and rocks in the earth, and medical tests such as X-rays," says Dr. John Moulder, professor of radiation oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. 2. "Most people don’t know the surgeon general of the United States issued a health advisory about radon in indoor air. In fact, most people don’t even know what radon is," says Paul Nicholson of Radon Measurement & Elimination Services in Elm Grove. 3. "All food is radioactive," Moulder says. "Plants take up radiation from the earth left from the beginning of the world. Of course, it’s a tiny amount." 4. On average, most people get around 3/10ths of a rem (measurement of unit of dose) each year from radiation in the environment from all sources. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says doses of less than 10 rems "over a long time period" is not a health concern.
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