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Japan’s Softbank Launches Pantone 5 Radiation-Detecting Smartphone

Pantone5

To address growing concerns on radiation contamination following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant catastrophe, Softbank is selling a smartphone called Pantone 5 installed with radiation-detecting features. According to Reuters, nuclear radiation threats are still palpable a year after the Fukushima disaster, especially along the northeastern regions of Japan. Spurred on by the promptings of [...]

Written on 30 May 2012 by
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Tsunami Debris Project : Maritime Museum of BC will help Japanese victims find lost belongings on Facebook

Tsunami Debris Project

Maritime Museum of BC will help victims of the 2011 Tsunami in Japan to find their lost items. “The museum launched a Facebook page called the Tsunami Debris Project earlier this week, where B.C. residents can post photos of personal items they find washed up on beaches that may have been swept away by last [...]

Written on 29 April 2012 by
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Japan Quake Infographic

Japan Quake

Here is the disaster in Japan with an infographic. Sendai Earthquake happened on March 11 2011. [via]

Written on 16 March 2011 by
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Give to Japan with Adsense

Google Donate Japan

Webmasters, bloggers and publishers (but not only them!) can now help Japan and people affected by Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami directly with Google. Google Crisis Response, a google.org project, is one page to donate with Google Checkout : google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html As some bloggers already gave part of their adsense revenue to support Japan, Google said : [...]

Written on 15 March 2011 by
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Ground Moving in Japan Sendai Earthquake

Brent Kooi, a journalist at CNN iReport brought back amazing images of Chiba City, Japan (in Tokyo Bay). We see the ground shift under his feet and this takes place at the same time of the terrible Sendai earthquake and tsunami (Friday, March 11), whose epicenter was located more than 500 miles away from there. [...]

Written on 15 March 2011 by