This wearable Bluetooth device can be your personal radiation tracker

To many people, the fact that radiation is odorless, tasteless, intangible, and invisible is alarming, and understandably so. If you’ve ever worried about a future of exploding nuclear bombs and how you’d escape the radiation sickness that comes with it, know that the Internet of Things has your back. Now you can get your hands on a wearable, Bluetooth-enabled, app-supported personal radiation tracker. 

Called the Dosime, the device’s parent company, Mirion Technologies, warns that one in three Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant. According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, every American receives an average annual dose of ionizing radiation of 620 millirems, which is a unit of absorbed radiation. Half the sources of this radiation are natural from radioactive isotopes in food, the environment, and from cosmic rays from space. The other half are man-made, with 96% coming from medical X-rays. For peace of mind, the Dosime allows you to detect and report real-time radiation exposure in your home. 

That being said, the Dosime is a good option if you’re concerned about radiation toxicity. The device can be stored in a cradle to monitor background radiation in your house, or clipped on your clothes when you’re venturing outside. Every four seconds, it scans for X-rays and gamma rays while connecting via Bluetooth to an app on your phone, sending you an alert if the environment you’re in is unsafe.

Currently, the Dosime costs $249 and will go on sale early this year. If you don’t want to wait, you can buy military-grade equipment that practically does the same thing for $150, but without an app.