Those who followed the breathless news reports from foreign media sources in the early stages of the nuclear crisis may remember that Fox News included a mysterious facility named “Shibuya Eggman” in their list of Japanese power plants at risk. The only problem? Shibuya Eggman isn’t a nuclear power plant, or a power plant of…
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New Visualizations
One of our goals at Safecast, in addition to collecting radiation data, is putting that data into a format that is helpful and useful. If you’ve been following our work for the last few months you’ve seen the map we launched with on day one progress through several evolutions including being split out into several…
How I spent my Sunday in Fukushima
The Safecasting drives officially started after my last trip to Japan, so I’ve been watching from afar as Pieter and an ever growing volunteer team of total heros have set out time and time again to try and map the radiation levels in the areas surrounding the Fukushima plant, as well as the rest of…
Shibuya Radiation Seminar Report
Last week we announced we’d be holding radiation seminar in Shibuya – audience spots filled up quickly and the event which happened this morning was a huge success. More than 50 people showed up completely filling the space at Loftwork Ground which we were fortunate enough to have donated to us. You can see a…
Safecasting in Oshima Island, Japan
My wife and me went for the week-end to Izu Oshima, it is one of the closest island accessible from Tokyo. The black sand beaches and its volcano offer quite good landscapes. We already went several times in past years but not since the March 11th events. 私と妻は、週末伊豆大島を訪れました。伊豆大島は、東京から最も行きやすい島のひとつです。黒砂の海辺とその火山がなかなかいい風景を形成しています。私達は今までにも何度かこの島を訪れていますが、3 月 11 日以降は今回が初めてです。
Photos from Safecasting 6/26
Safecasters Joe Moross and Kalin Kozhuharov took some great behind the scenes photos on a measurement drive last month. We show a lot of little points on maps, but this is a nice chance to see some of how those points get created. セーフキャスターの Joe Moross と Kalin Kozhuharov が、先月の走行測定の舞台裏をお見せできる写真を撮影しました。地図上の測定ポイントをたくさん提供している当サイトですが、これらの測定やサンプル採取の様子を写真でご覧下さい。
Safecast Radiation Measurement Seminar
On Saturday August 6th, Safecast will be hosting a seminar on Radiation Measurement in Japan. We’re honored to have Joi Ito, Director of MIT Media Lab and Advisor to Safecast, to open the seminar and have Loftwork hosting the seminar at their wonderful facilities in Shibuya. The Safecast team will present an overview of Safecast…
shiroi voltron + shiroi nekobot
Our friends over at Incubot have just released their special edition shiroi voltron + shiroi nekobot figures designed to help with Japan relief efforts. 100% of profits will be going to Japanese Red Cross Society and to Safecast radiation monitoring efforts. We’re honored and humbled to be included in these efforts. Thanks Incubot!! Incubot の友人が、日本での救援活動を支援するために特別限定商品として「…
Safecasting Kita-dake, Japan's second highest mountain
Due to the electricity saving campaign going on in Japan, my company decided to trade some of our Saturdays and national holiday for a full week of holidays in July. In order to escape the heat and the crowd of Tokyo, I aimed for cooler altitude in Yamanashi prefecture. To be precise, I was aiming…
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Safecasting in Honolulu, Hawaii
Aloha from Hawaii! Thanks to Pieter for allowing me to use the bGeiger to take readings around Honolulu. On Saturday July 16th at 11pm, we mounted the bGeiger to my Prius in theparking lot of a Starbucks (see inserted picture), dropped off Pieter at his hotel in Waikiki, then I drove along Waikiki beach, and…