This Tetris-inspired detector can be a game-changer for radiation safety [Video]

Researchers have devised an improved radiation detector, drawing inspiration from the popular game Tetris.

The technology leverages a computational foundation to create simplified, optimized versions of sensor configurations that can identify the location of a dispersed radiation source.

The demonstration also showed how they might locate the source’s precise location by moving the sensor around to obtain several readings.

According to MIT and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) researchers, their technology may make it possible to monitor nuclear sites with low-cost, precise radiation detectors.

The details of the team’s research were published in the journal Nature.

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