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This guys card is black is that good? https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Namie+town,+Fukushima+Prefect...
If I am understanding that article correctly, it is used not as an alert but as a record of how much cumulative exposure a person has received while in a hazardous area.
Everything is so pristine and untouched. If it were the US, it would have all been looted and graffitied long ago. But I'm afraid by publishing the condition of his town through Google Maps, the mayor has pretty much assured it won't stay pristine very long. Japan has its share of thieves and vandals too. Plus hordes of amateur photographers and urban explorers will be trying to sneak into the place, radiation or not…
Radiation contamination makes an excellent deterrent, not only can you not see it, you can't know even if you don't feel any ill effects if you're going to die coughing up a lung in a few weeks (and no, nowhere except inside the containment buildings is that contaminated) That said, it was an opportunity for Google to take radiation readings everywhere (perhaps they did but didn't release that information). Looking a…
[1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/31/japan-farmer-fukush...
[2] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naoto-Matsumura-Guardian-of-F...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
"I'd love to see a hack that lets one walk around in first-person inside an environment using Street View imagery, like a video game." There was a TED video in 2010 doing almost that: http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera.html
I just watched that whole thing. Very impressive.
i can't remember the name of the project though...
I love what Google has done with Street View. Taking the technology indoors just does something completely different for me than outdoor shots. In this place it lets you look at intimate details of what used to be other peoples' every day lives. There's so much to explore. Can any one read this blackboard? http://goo.gl/maps/zWAqm I'd love to see a hack that lets one walk around in first-person inside an environment…
Here's Japanese Cherry Blossom viewing, Street View style: http://www.google.com/landing/japanview/
Might be worth mentioning that there are people that live inside the exclusion zone, like Naoto Matsumura. He stayed behind to take care of all the animals. [1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/31/japan-farmer-fukush... [2] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naoto-Matsumura-Guardian-of-F...
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llM9MIM_9U4 (With English CC)
I love what Google has done with Street View. Taking the technology indoors just does something completely different for me than outdoor shots. In this place it lets you look at intimate details of what used to be other peoples' every day lives. There's so much to explore. Can any one read this blackboard? http://goo.gl/maps/zWAqm I'd love to see a hack that lets one walk around in first-person inside an environment…
学びもののまとめをしよう
生活のまとめをしよう
事業と休みの区別をしよう
I love what Google has done with Street View. Taking the technology indoors just does something completely different for me than outdoor shots. In this place it lets you look at intimate details of what used to be other peoples' every day lives. There's so much to explore. Can any one read this blackboard? http://goo.gl/maps/zWAqm I'd love to see a hack that lets one walk around in first-person inside an environment…
The first two sentences are too blurry for me. I think the third (left-most) sentence is:
○ 授業と休み時間の区別をしよう
"Let's distinguish between class time and break time."
This is highly interesting! Things I could notice: First, wildlife just ignores radiation, also nature is quick to take back whatever we are not using. Second, Japanese architecture is interesting, no building is ugly, both the modern ones (like the waterfront building that did not got smashed) and old ones (the traditional-looking houses). Maybe excepting schools (that are just rectangular boxes filled with windows)…
One sievert carries with it a ~5.5% chance of eventually developing cancer. These places are dealing with ~0.000001 Sv per hour level which is .008sievert after 10 years which when multiplied by say 100,000 people may suggest reasonable cancer risks. However, there is a fair amount of evidence that suggests ultra low levels of radiation are significantly less harmful than that. But, it's really hard to measure small effects on large populations as there are lot's of cancer risks.
I understand it would not have been necessary, but I think this would have been a good opportunity to put one of those self-driving cars to use. Lots of potential obstacles and the (not really a concern) health risk factor.