While we often get a detailed backstory of the projects we cover here at Hackaday, sometimes the genesis of a build is a bit of a mystery. Take [maurycyz]’s radiation survey meter modifications, for ...

Generally, thin window Geiger-Mueller (GM) probes are best suited to detect beta radiation with energies above 70 keV while sodium iodide (NaI) scintillators are best for gamma radiation. For campus ...

Government researchers have written an Android app that lets your phone's camera act as a gamma radiation detector. We're not talking about the same quality of detection as a commercial detector or ...

Inscriptions on this radiation meter read "Radector" and "Jordan / Electronic Mfg. Co. / Pasadena, Calif." and "Model / AGB-50-SR." Jordan Electronics, a firm that made portable radiation meters, was ...