Smartphones Open Doors, Detect Dirty Bombs and Now Sniff for Toxin Chemicals

So what can smartphones not do? In Japan, you can buy a vendor meal. In the U.S., some phones can open doors for a level of access control. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is studying a plan to plant radiation detection into consumer phones so that they call to indicate the coverage of a dirty bomb attack.

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