RadBand Seawater Monitoring Bracelet
- Detailed Technology Description
- Technology: Bracelets, anklets, or other wearable articles are fabricated with absorptive qualities specific for the radioisotope or other contamination of interest. These devices may be worn by a swimmer for collecting, transmitting, and displaying data regarding environmental parameters and contamination levels in water. These wearable articles may also contain positioning devices and/or digital interfaces to enhance data collection. A proof of concept has been accomplished for radioactive cesium, but the technology is also applicable for detection of water-borne pathogens.
- *Abstract
-
Overview: Radioactivity and other contaminants may appear in public waterways either naturally or as a result of an accident or catastrophe. Such contaminants may threaten human or marine life well being. Public interest in maintain safe waterways has led to an age of citizen environmental activism and crowd sourcing of environmental data.
- *Principal Investigator
-
Name: Ken Buesseler
Department:
- Country/Region
- USA
For more information, please click Here
