Making sense of COVID-19 numbers in Japan
Safecast has launched a crowdsourced COVID-19 testing information map. Please check it out and share it! Last week we wrote an article about COVID-19 testing in Japan. We’ve also been publishing an...
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Explaining Japan’s State of Emergency
With Prime Minister Abe’s long-awaited emergency declaration for Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Osaka, Hyogo and Fukuoka yesterday, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan has entered a new...
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Safecast Diaries: from Rest Stops to Real-Time Images, from the First bGeigie...
David Kell in 2011 ahead of the first-ever Safecast drive, equipped with Geiger counter and smartphone. David Kell was among a rag-tag group of volunteers taking supplies to the Tohoku region in the...
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150,000,000 Data Points
Last month we passed a pretty significant milestone, surpassing 150 Million data points in our public domain dataset. It was 2 years after launching when we hit 10 Million and 3 more years until we...
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PRESS RELEASE: Blues Wireless and Safecast Introduce Airnote – the...
Blues Wireless and Safecast Introduce Airnote – the Most-Easy-to-Use Air Quality Monitor Ever Built – Safecast will deploy Airnote devices at Fukushima during a live-streamed 10 year anniversary...
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NFT Fundraiser on OpenSea
When Safecast started we took inspiration from the worlds we already lived in. Hackerspaces, DIY, Technoarts, Design, Open… these things are deeply woven into our DNA as an organization and a...
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Safecast Summer Workshops Introduce Kids to Virtual Geiger Counters
Image from a previous Safecast Mori Kids’ Mirai Summer Camp Workshop at Roppongi Hills. The kids who participated learned how to build a Geiger counter, how to measure radiation, and what radiation is...
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“Traffic lights are not radioactive!” and other cool findings at the Safecast...
The Safecast field trip with TIPS students took place on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 13:30-15:30. The event was held at the Safecast Office and FabCafe MTRL in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Kelsie...
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How an agile, start-up mindset is core to Safecast’s approach and data...
Digital College France students visit Safecast Safecast was recently visited by a group of French master’s students to learn more about our organization and approach, including how Safecast works to...
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Safecast, FabCafe and Loftwork Partner on Experimental Education Program
Safecast partnered with FabCafe Taipei and Loftwork Taiwan to inspire a new generation of citizen scientists and innovators and equip them with the tools they need to succeed. The collaboration was...
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