April
Fool!
Or is it?
The idea of adding radiation detectors to mobile phones was proposed by the US Department of Homeland Security in 2007, and real companies such as Gentag and eV Products are involved with such technologies, and probably have the skills and capabilities to do it.
Unfortunately, when governments tend to get involved, major projects fall apart. For example, take the UK's multibillion pound "Connecting for Health" project which has delivered virtually nothing, and probably will never work despite huge sums being spent.
Combine that with a woefully inconsistent way of applying legislation where law-abiding citizens are spied on routinely, but the bad guys still seem to get away with murder.. literally, and you have a recipe for disaster
In all probability we WILL see manufacturers experimenting with radiation detectors in mobile phones sometime in the next five years. And we have to admit that it's quite a cool idea.
You can see some of our previous April Fool's stories here.