Today's J-blip: Safecast documentary

by Adora Wong
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Nov 29, 2012

Uchujin</a>, made a documentary on <a href="http://blog.safecast.org/" onclick="__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http://blog.safecast.org/', 'Safecast');">Safecast</a> that reached the semi-finals of the <a href="http://vimeo.com/focusforwardfilms/semifinalists" onclick="__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http://vimeo.com/focusforwardfilms/semifinalists', 'Focus Forward documentary competition.');">Focus Forward documentary competition.</a> The brief for the competition calls for three-minute films about “exceptional people and world-changing ideas that are impacting the course of human development.”</p><p>Yep, sounds like Safecast. Safecast is a non-profit organization that collects precise radiation readings and shares them via their website and mobile app. We <a href="http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/japan-pulse/hacking-for-a-safer-world/">reported on its collaboration with Tokyo HackerSpace</a> a year ago and <a href="http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/japan-pulse/todays-j-blip-safecast-ios-app/">recently featured its iOS app</a>.</p><p> <div class='jt_content_ad' id='div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); </script> </div></p><p>Brief, informative, and shot with a cinematographic eye, the short is well worth a watch. Safecast’s founders explain in a simple, direct way why they came up with the idea of collecting radiation measurements globally and how they got the ball rolling.</p><p>Cast a vote if you like what you see and check out the other documentaries that may interest you. 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by Adora Wong