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2013

MUSE - The Science Museum

MUSE - The Science Museum
Trento, Italy

The Geiger counter, an instrument invented in 1913, measures the environment radioactivity. After the Fukushima disaster, this instrument got significantly spread in Japan. By connecting mobile phones it was possible for everyone to check the radiations’ levels in Japan and spread via Internet the collected data: an important example, for society and for research, of participatory science.

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  • Title: Count… together
  • Date Created: 2013
  • Location: Muse, Trento, Italy
  • Photographer: Matteo De Stefano
  • Object Name: Radiation detector
MUSE - The Science Museum

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