Development of Smartphone Application for Radon Safety Monitoring System

Abstract

When radon is staying at alveoli and bronchial tubes, the collapse of radon creates progeny nuclides (alpha ray, beta ray, gamma ray, etc.). They emit radiation causing a mutation in the chromosome of the cell, resulting in lung cancer. In other words, the main cause of lung cancer is radiation emitting as the result of radon collapse rather than radon gas. In this paper, we connected a Wi-Fi wireless communication module to the PIN photodiode radon counter and implemented the radon monitoring system using a smartphone application. As well as the output of radon data using LCDs on pin photodiode radon counters, the stored data is printed on the PC using wired communication, and the data is also displayed on a smartphone using a Widget.