▁P ach ube ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁for es aw ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁applications ▁of ▁the ▁data , ▁including ▁cell ▁phone ▁applications . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁sens ors ▁will ▁allow ▁people ▁to ▁cross - check ▁read ings ▁for ▁accuracy ▁and ▁could ▁insp ire ▁health y ▁ske ptic ism . ▁ ▁P ach ube ▁has ▁hundreds ▁of ▁Ge iger ▁coun ters ▁streaming , ▁but ▁there ▁are ▁still ▁concerns ▁that ▁these ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁dense ▁enough . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁P ach ube ▁was ▁acquired ▁by ▁Cos m ▁which ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁was ▁renamed ▁x ively . ▁ ▁Data P oke ▁Foundation ▁The ▁priv ately ▁operated ▁non - pro fit ▁organization , ▁Data P oke ▁Foundation , ▁performed ▁independent ▁monitoring ▁of ▁the ▁F uk ush ima ▁D ai ichi ▁N PP ▁cont am ination ▁disp ersion . ▁The ▁project , ▁Project : F uk ush ima , ▁focus es ▁on ▁public ly ▁publishing ▁data , ▁observations , ▁measurements ▁and ▁disp ersion ▁plots ▁of ▁the ▁F uk ush ima ▁N PP ▁cont am ination , ▁and ▁aggreg ating ▁public ▁opinion ▁of ▁these ▁observations ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁reach ▁a ▁more ▁complete ▁understanding ▁of ▁the ▁F uk ush ima ▁D ai ichi ▁N PP ▁cat ast rop he . ▁ ▁R DT N ▁/ ▁Saf ec ast ▁The ▁R DT N . org ▁began ▁as ▁an ▁early ▁crowd - s our cing ▁initi ative ▁to ▁spons or ▁and ▁assist ▁in ▁gather ing , ▁monitoring ▁and ▁dis sem in ating