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-[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiger_counter|Geiger counters]] are basically just devices which enable us to measure [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation|ionizing radiation]]. In the context of human activity we have to deal with natural radiation sources and artificial ones. Some of the materials emitting ionizing radiation are used to create electricity, others were used to stockpile thermonuclear bombs, so many could get scared and a few could get rich. But how do we deal with some thing we cannot actually see, hear, feel, smell or taste? Exactly! We just don't think about it. We never perceive it as potentially dangerous to our health until an accident happens and someone with a geiger-counter we have to trust can tell us how sunny the "weather" is.+[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geiger_counter|Geiger counters]] are basically just devices which enable us to measure [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation|ionizing radiation]]. In the context of human activity we have to deal with "natural" radiation sources and "artificial" ones. Some of the materials emitting ionizing radiation are used for medicinal purposes (Radiation-Therapy), as an additive in paint and even in smoke-detectors but the majority of it is used to create electricity in nuclear power plants and to stockpile thermonuclear weapons of mass destruction (well, except in iraq, as we all know), so many could get scared and a few could get rich. 
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 +{{:lab:eu-nuclear-reactor-sites-and-problems.jpg|EU Nuclear Reactor Sites and recent problems}} 
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 +Source and more detail with per site incident information on this mashup:  
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 +https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1JvNHsKIGS2e2SY0qmlhMUfzY0mQ 
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 +But how do we deal with something we cannot actually see, hear, feel, smell or taste? Exactly! We just don't think about it. We never perceive it as potentially dangerous to our health until an accident happens and we have to find someone with a geiger-counter, we have to trust, who can tell us how sunny the "weather" is? Better we do it ourselves, so that we can independently get all relevant realtime and historic metrics in a decentralized p2p system, with a far lower risk of getting tainted/biased/wrong/no data, especially when we as people really need it.
  
 That should be in common rational awareness instead of ignorance or fear. Just like rain. We all know rain is neither good nor bad. It's just rain. And when we stay out too long in the rain without the appropriate protective clothing, we might get soaked so bad, that we might get sick. Our brain determines our maximum allowed in-rain time and the level of protective gear we need to repel the rain so we just visually perceive how many rain drops we see and how big they are. That gives us the freedom to decide whether to stay indoors or to wear some form of raincoat or just to risk it. That should be in common rational awareness instead of ignorance or fear. Just like rain. We all know rain is neither good nor bad. It's just rain. And when we stay out too long in the rain without the appropriate protective clothing, we might get soaked so bad, that we might get sick. Our brain determines our maximum allowed in-rain time and the level of protective gear we need to repel the rain so we just visually perceive how many rain drops we see and how big they are. That gives us the freedom to decide whether to stay indoors or to wear some form of raincoat or just to risk it.
  
-Unfortunately our body won't help us with detecting ionizing radiation (although it can [[http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/2010INDA1.html|suffer badly]] from it) but that's where geiger counters come back in: They let us "see" the radiation levels and therefore give us the freedom to decide if and how we want to go on. +Unfortunately our body won't help us with detecting ionizing radiation (although it can [[http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/2010INDA1.html|suffer badly]] from it). Lost sources and depleted uranium shells, that irradiate uncontrolled, are as much a real problem as reactor incidents or catastrophic accidents like Chernobyl or Fukushima. Not to mention future generations, which will have to deal with the long term nuclear waste deposition. But that's where geiger counters come back in: They let us "see" radiation levels and therefore give us the freedom to decide if and how we want to go on as safely as possible. 
  
 After the recent nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan a lot of people started to realize this and began to develop, build and buy geiger counters and geiger counter kits. Many share their local radiation levels through social networks and simple maps, just like a rain radar (e.g [[http://blog.safecast.org]]).  After the recent nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan a lot of people started to realize this and began to develop, build and buy geiger counters and geiger counter kits. Many share their local radiation levels through social networks and simple maps, just like a rain radar (e.g [[http://blog.safecast.org]]). 
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 | 2014-10-15 | Added PiGI Longterm Test Data to [[https://apollo.open-resource.org/flight-control/vfcc/#/dashboard/db/aquarius-hab-environment-indoor|VFCC Dashboard]] (ORM Precursor)| | 2014-10-15 | Added PiGI Longterm Test Data to [[https://apollo.open-resource.org/flight-control/vfcc/#/dashboard/db/aquarius-hab-environment-indoor|VFCC Dashboard]] (ORM Precursor)|
 | 2016-03-21 | [[lab:pigi:hardware#comment_133d37dd52a9a086b445b3c9c3fb6794|More PiGI PCBs available]] through small-scale crowdsourcing |  | 2016-03-21 | [[lab:pigi:hardware#comment_133d37dd52a9a086b445b3c9c3fb6794|More PiGI PCBs available]] through small-scale crowdsourcing | 
 +| 2016-12-13 | PiGI adopted & deployed @ [[https://tdrm.fiff.de/messtechnik.php]] |
 +| 2016-12-19 | Re-added missing C5 (330pf - 0805) to mouser BOM |
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 Since the PiGI is ultimately cheap to produce once you reach the 1000 pieces boundary it would be great to put this out to the Pi-Community as a kit or even ready-to-go modules, the only thing that would need soldering is the tube itself (no SMT solderig). If you're interested in having one, please vote for the option you would like best so that we can determine how to structure a kickstarter/indygogo campaign that suits the community: Since the PiGI is ultimately cheap to produce once you reach the 1000 pieces boundary it would be great to put this out to the Pi-Community as a kit or even ready-to-go modules, the only thing that would need soldering is the tube itself (no SMT solderig). If you're interested in having one, please vote for the option you would like best so that we can determine how to structure a kickstarter/indygogo campaign that suits the community:
  
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-   * Just the PCB ~EUR5* 
-   * A kit with PCB+Components ~EUR13* 
-   * 1 Ready-to-go Module ~EUR20* 
-   * 2 stacked ready-to-go Modules EUR40* 
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 * These are the current sale price target estimations (excluding shipping), based on a worst cast scenario. As soon as there is a more solid count it is very easy to get the figures what it's really going to cost. The PCBs and part prices drop very much at 1000, 5000 and 10000 pieces breaking points.  * These are the current sale price target estimations (excluding shipping), based on a worst cast scenario. As soon as there is a more solid count it is very easy to get the figures what it's really going to cost. The PCBs and part prices drop very much at 1000, 5000 and 10000 pieces breaking points. 
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