Radiophobia:  there’s an app for that.  Actually, I’m not mocking this at all.  A fellow tech rolled his eyes at this news, being of the opinion that an incorrectly wielded instrument is worse than none at all.

He is, of course, absolutely right.

But I don’t think he gets “the wisdom of crowds” and distributed intelligence models.  No, individual reports can’t be considered reliable prior to confirmation.  And eventually a newly-minted iTech will detect someone who’s had a medical uptake, and panic.

But ten thousand Pennsylvanian iTechs during Three Mile Island?  Combine that data and you’ve got the best noble gas dispersal survey ever.