Your cell phone might soon become its own canary. The Department of Homeland Security wants to create cell phones that can detect toxic chemicals in the air just as easily as they can receive a call or send a text message.
Regardless of carrier or platform, let's be real for a second: Your cell phone can do a lot of things. From surfing the Internet, to serving as its own GPS device, to taking pictures and videos, to rocking out, a typical cell phone can really be thought of as the focal point of a number of handheld devices (and their awesome services).
Well, your cell phone might soon become its own canary as well. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security -- specifically, its Science and Technology Directorate division -- wants to help create 40 prototypes, by the end of this year, of cell phones that can detect toxic chemicals in the air just as easily as they can receive a call or send a text message...
